April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Day: June 10, 2023

New Immigration Uncertainty with Title 42’s Expiration

Title 42 expired last Thursday, May 11th, at 11:59 pm EDT. As new migrants flooded the US-Mexico border following this development, many questions have been raised about Title 42, its provisions, and the consequences its expiration could have nationally and in the greater Boston area. Here is a look at the new immigration legislation developments. What was Title 42?             The restrictions known as Title 42 derive their name and authority from Title 42 of a 1944 public health law. […]

The Earth is Burning Up: This is Not Science Fiction

The latest Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, released in 2021, delivered a sobering message: Many aspects of climate change are now inevitable and irreversible. Scientists predict that the world will reach 1.5°C of warming by 2040, leading to more heat waves, intense storms, droughts, and floods. The report serves as a stark reminder of the urgency to take immediate and decisive action to combat climate change. While 2040 looks far and gives the illusion that […]

Stay True: Hua Hsu’s Memoir About Friendship, Identity, and Assimilation

Friendship memoirs can be a tricky genre to navigate. By definition, the writer is on the outside of the narrative: The focus is defining the importance of the relationship. Ann Patchett’s 2004 memoir Truth and Beauty comes immediately to mind. Its evocation of the writer’s relationship with poet Lucy Grealy worked because the focus rested on the symbiotic connection between writer and her subject. In Hua Hsu’s remarkable 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Stay True, that symbiosis takes on an even […]

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