April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8
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Eddie Ahn Draws From His Life as an ‘Advocate’: Artist Chats About Creating Graphic Novel Vietnamese Americans Tell Story of Diaspora in Own Words at 50-Year Anniversary Event Chinatown Eatery Owner Speaks Out Editorial: These Two Judgments Are Worth Reading ‘No One Can Walk It For You’ – Iranian-American Haleh Liza Gafori to Appear in Hub to talk about Her Translation Life

Month: June 2023

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

by Christopher John Stephens

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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Cambridge Expands Direct-Payment Program for Low-Income Residents

by Jeff Millman

In 2021, the city of Cambridge spent $1.5 million on a guaranteed-income program for low-income residents. 130 eligible households received $500 a month for 18 months, with no requirements for what the money could be spent on. In May 2023, Cambridge announced the program would be expanded. Using $22 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the city is starting the Rise Up Cambridge program, which will allow hundreds more eligible, low-income households to receive direct cash payments. This […]

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The Future of ChatGPT Regulation

by Kristen Si

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you most likely have heard of ChatGPT – a new AI natural language processing tool which has gained significant public traction over the past several months. The chatbot was developed by OpenAI, a startup founded in 2015 by Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Released on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT is capable of everything from returning human-like conversational responses to generating a resume to even writing software on its own. ChatGPT is able to […]

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Immigrants and Their Stories: Meet Rita from Myanmar

by Mary Wong-Sommer

In this series, we interview new immigrants to the U.S. to hear their stories, struggles and dream. Here, we speak with Rita (her name has been changed) from Myanmar. Rita never thought she would leave Burma. Over six years, she had built up her own, successful, catering company with 20 employees. Her customers included many international nonprofits and Rita loved what she was doing. Now in her early forties, she finds herself in America, beginning a new life with her family […]

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In Memory of Former South Cove Community Health Center Director Eugene Welch

by Aili Liu

Editor’s Note: Eugene Welch, CEO/Executive Director of South Cove Community Health Center for 23 years until his 2022 retirement, passed away Monday May 29 at the age of 78. Sampan is re-printing our October 2022 Eugene Welch profile/interview. We asked Eric Tiberi, SCCHC’s new CEO/Executive Director, for a few words about Mr. Welch’s legacy and the future of the Center going forward. Eugene Welch was a mentor, friend, and supporter to all of us at South Cove Community Health Center.  He had an […]

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