Sampan Newspaper | Bilingual newspaper

'Disgusted' by Inequity: Sabrina Salvati on Her New Documentary, 'Removed'

In her new documentary, “Removed: Black Erasure in Boston,” local filmmaker and podcaster Sabrina Salvati — better known as Sabby Sabs — takes viewers through the displacement of Blacks in the city.

Adam Smith

Dec 19

'Mapping Chinatown' Report Tracks Neighborhood Changes

A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” Chinatowns in the Northeast: in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.

Adam Smith

Dec 19

Renee Inomata, Attorney and Activist, Remembered as ‘Awe-Inspiring’

Renee Inomata, a Boston-area attorney, who was highly active — oftentimes behind the scenes — in the civil rights and Asian American initiatives, died on Dec. 1.

Adam Smith

Dec 15

Editorial: Stop Scapegoating Somali Americans

We believe bigoted and hateful attacks on Somali immigrants, refugees and citizens are harmful to all of society, but especially the most vulnerable, families and children. And we should all stand up against this hate.

Adam Smith

Dec 15

'People Just Don't Know Filipinos'

Trish Fontanilla tells the Sampan about BOSFilipinos and Filipino identity.

Ava Belchez

Dec 5

Round Trip to Filipino Pride

For Filipino American History month in October, Sampan, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts-Boston’s Filipino Cultural Club, Hoy! Pinoy!, hosted a live panel of three Filipino American immigrants.

Liam Crampton

Dec 5

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Boston

'Disgusted' by Inequity: Sabrina Salvati on Her New Documentary, 'Removed'

Adam Smith

Dec 19

Review: ‘Fun Home’ Opens Window into Queer Family Secrets, Slippery Memories

Fun Home is a beautiful queer memoir-musical about investigating one’s past and wrestling with the maddening slipperiness of memory. Based on Alison Bechdel’s award-winning graphic memoir, the story follows Alison’s childhood, coming of age, and coming out story as a butch lesbian, as well as her attempts to understand her closeted gay father.

Virginia Sun

Dec 19

'Mapping Chinatown' Report Tracks Neighborhood Changes

A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” Chinatowns in the Northeast: in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.

Adam Smith

Dec 19

Metro

'Disgusted' by Inequity: Sabrina Salvati on Her New Documentary, 'Removed'

Adam Smith

Dec 19

'Mapping Chinatown' Report Tracks Neighborhood Changes

A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” Chinatowns in the Northeast: in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.

Adam Smith

Dec 19

Renee Inomata, Attorney and Activist, Remembered as ‘Awe-Inspiring’

Renee Inomata, a Boston-area attorney, who was highly active — oftentimes behind the scenes — in the civil rights and Asian American initiatives, died on Dec. 1.

Adam Smith

Dec 15

Arts

Review: ‘Fun Home’ Opens Window into Queer Family Secrets, Slippery Memories

Virginia Sun

Dec 19

Renee Inomata, Attorney and Activist, Remembered as ‘Awe-Inspiring’

Renee Inomata, a Boston-area attorney, who was highly active — oftentimes behind the scenes — in the civil rights and Asian American initiatives, died on Dec. 1.

Adam Smith

Dec 15

Round Trip to Filipino Pride

Liam Crampton

Dec 5

Business

'Disgusted' by Inequity: Sabrina Salvati on Her New Documentary, 'Removed'

Adam Smith

Dec 19

Chinatown School Faces Changing Times

Photo credit by Adam Smith For decades, Josiah Quincy was seen as a cultural resource for Boston. Now, new city policies and demographic shifts are limiting who can access the institution T he Josiah Quincy Elementary School has been a core part of the Chinatown community since its modern iteration opened nearly a half century ago. But to simply refer to it as a school would not tell you the full story. Josiah Quincy Elementary — which technically was founded in 1847 — was bu

Liam Crampton

Aug 22

Some Hong Kong, Chinese Students Say Visa Crackdowns Have Them Exploring Options

First there were the threats of crackdowns on immigration. Then there were the detentions of international students who had done...

Darren Liu

Jun 2

Education

Editorial: Stop Scapegoating Somali Americans

Adam Smith

Dec 15

Round Trip to Filipino Pride

Liam Crampton

Dec 5

Opinion: Chinatown Library Only Possible After Hard ‘Fight’

Sept.18 was an exceptionally joyful day for a quiet stretch of Hudson Street in the heart of residential Chinatown. Joined by mayor Michelle Wu and the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), city officials and community partners put their shovels down at the parking lot on Parcel R1, which will soon become home to 110 affordable housing units, and more importantly, Boston Public Library’s permanent Chinatown branch.

Mingjia Chen

Dec 5

Food

Photos: Halal Bites and Delights Draws Huge Crowd in Roxbury

Children ate huge pink balls of cotton candy, women held their babies while nibbling on smores waffles and families and friends formed long lines for halal burgers and dishes at Halal Bites and Delights outside the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury on Nov. 8. Vendors included Ashur Restaurant, Chai Street, The Halal Guys, Halal Buns and Boston Dosa Party. From top row, left to right: Kids eat cotton candy; cotton candy booth; friends Khadija, Ikran, and Mis

Adam Smith

Nov 9

Kowloon Sets Table for Big 75th Birthday Bash - Sampan talks with owner Bobby Wong about iconic restaurant

When Bobby Wong was a teenager, he wanted to help out with his family’s restaurant, the Kowloon, so he took on some part-time work there....

Liam Crampton

Aug 8

Congress Should Tackle Health, Food Costs, Asians Tell Pollsters

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Adam Smith

Mar 21

Health

Nonprofit Health Uganda Helps Fill in Where USAID Left Off

The nonprofit Health Uganda is providing needed scopes and other medical devices to boost healthcare in southern Uganda.

Adam Smith

Oct 14

American-Chinese Medical Exchange Tackles Hep. D, Autism, AI in Medicine

Over a hundred healthcare workers joined the American-Chinese Medical Exchange Society’s annual meeting at the Sherman Auditorium in Beth...

Jianghe Niu

Oct 3

CPR Saves Lives. That’s Why Every Student Should Know It

Sudden cardiac arrest is an unpredictable emergency. Every year in the United States, there are more than 35,000 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), yet the overall survival rate is only about 10%. This means that out of 10 people who collapse, perhaps only one will survive. Unfortunately, in emergency situations, many bystanders are left unsure of what to do due to a lack of CPR knowledge—missing the best window for saving a life.

Mingjun Zhan

Oct 3

Leisure

Review: ‘Fun Home’ Opens Window into Queer Family Secrets, Slippery Memories

Virginia Sun

Dec 19

Book Review ‘Goddess Complex’ Looks at Our Mirror Selves … and a Woman’s Purpose

T he notion of a doppelgänger in literature has been used for centuries, with varying degrees of success. Think of the ghost of Hamlet’s father, materializing to haunt the tortured Denmark Prince about crimes transpired and crimes yet to be. Consider Edgar Allan Poe’s William Wilson, in which the double trails our hapless character through his life. There is a doppelgänger in Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Dostoyevsky’s The Double, Patricia Highsmith’s The

Christopher John Stephens

Dec 5

Theater Review: ‘Sardines’ Packs in the Impossible: Death and Laughs

S ardines is a comedy show about death. A 60-minute one-man show, comedian Chris Grace presents a compelling autobiographical monologue about life and death. He shares his personal experiences with grief, deftly swerving from high-energy moments to vulnerably, sharing about losing family members, as well as his husband and Sardines director Eric Michaud’s cancer experience. These well-executed emotional fluctuations included Grace orchestrating an audience a cappella renditi

Virginia Sun

Dec 5