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September 20, 2022 0

Sampan Interviews a Vietnamese Native About Gun Culture in Vietnam and the US

As of 2018, Vietnam’s homicide rate was 1.52 per 1000 people, the 57th lowest in the world. Compared with the US, where the homicide rate was 4.88 per 1000 and we were the 157th lowest in the world, it’s no wonder that the biggest threat for many living in Vietnam is being victimized by pickpockets and bicycle thieves. Vietnam’s homicide rate is lower than France, Finland, Canada, and Thailand. In 2015, when Vietnam restricted civilians from gun ownership, a black […]

September 19, 2022 0

Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Cancer: An Interview with Tufts University’s Dr. Fang Fang Zhang

by Kristen Si

Last month, a study published in the medical journal The BMJ (a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the British Medical Association) connected the consumption of ultraprocessed foods to a higher risk for colorectal cancer. Dr. Fang Fang Zhang, a researcher at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, led this project, focusing specifically on the effects of ultraprocessed diets on cancer risk through a large cohort study over 28 years. A key finding in her study […]

September 18, 2022 0

Netflix’s Partner Track: Asian-American Women Fighting for the Top in the Legal World

by Sonia Cavazos

Innovative. Driven. Persistent. Determined. Powerful. Some of the adjectives used to describe lawyers. They bust into courtrooms and command the audience for their client, negotiate contracts with vigor, become judges and officials, even professors. Asians and Asian Americans have come into the legal profession, but are, unfortunately, underrepresented and often see less opportunities for growth than their white coworkers. “I know if I work harder than anyone else, apply more force, I’ll make partner.” A line delivered by the main […]

September 17, 2022 0

Asian Hate in California and Massachusetts: Two Sides of the Same Coin

by Joanna Lin

On an October night in Los Angeles, a riot of white Californians looted, shot and lynched any Chinese American they saw. “Fifteen stark, staring corpses hung ghastly in the moonlight, while six, seven, or eight others, mutilated, torn and crushed, lay in our streets, all of them Chinamen,” relayed a haunting statement the morning after. This was 1871. That night, an estimated nine percent of LA’s Chinese community was killed. An event forgotten somewhere in history, this massacre is believed […]

September 16, 2022 0

What has happened to Asian Enrollment at US Colleges?

by Max Wei

College is a strategy for the students to build their future pathways. Yet for the Asian students, their access to college might be different compared with students in other races. This article presents the possible racial bias of colleges when applying, cultural expectation from the Asian students, competition of the colleges, and the impact to the students made by the COVID-19. Does racial bias really exist among the top schools? According to Robert VerBruggen’s report on racial preferences on campus, […]

September 16, 2022 0

The Orange Line: Ready by September 19???

by Aidan O'Mara Schwartz

This reporter attended a September 12, 2022 virtual media roundtable for the immigrant-serving community during which MOIA (The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement), BPHC (Boston Public Health Commission), the Streets Cabinet and the MBTA made themselves available for questions. As public transit commuters know, the entire Orange line and parts of the Green and Blue lines are currently not operating because of long needed emergency repairs to address structural issues, track issues and signaling issues. This shutdown has been impacting […]

September 9, 2022 0

Global Warming in China: Living With Today’s Social and Economic Dilemmas

by Yang Yang

There is no doubt that human beings are already living in the era of global warming – everywhere, including China. In Shanghai, we have gone through 49 days of so-called high-temperature (over 35°C) days in the past two months. There were 7 days officially recorded over 40 °C. The last time that Shanghai was this hot was 150 years ago. Besides, keep in mind that Shanghai is a humid city, which can make 40°C feel like over 50 °C. What […]

September 8, 2022 0

Easter Sunday: A Milestone for Filipino Representation in Film

by Sonia Cavazos

The big screen has recently felt the presence, the joy, the powerful (and incredibly comedic) storytelling of a Filipino family in America. Jo Koy’s comedy, Easter Sunday, hit the theatres on August 5th, marking an achievement for representation of Filipino culture and opportunities for Filipino actors. Throughout history, Filipinos have seen little representation, whether through the opportunities given to actors or authentic roles being portrayed in film. Koy, along with some of his co-stars, explore the importance of that representation […]

September 7, 2022 0

A Bridge Towards Tomorrow: Sampan speaks with Monique Tú Nguyen – Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement

by Christopher John Stephens

Government policies and mission statements are always driven by terms and phrases. Whether they exist beyond looking good on paper and sounding strong in stump speeches is the dream that isn’t always realized. For Boston’s MOIA (Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement), the driving motivation rests in that final word: advancement. What does it mean? How is it measured? Can immigrants advance without successfully integrating themselves within the social fabric of their chosen land? What measures need to be taken in […]

September 6, 2022 0

Gun Possession in Morocco: Sampan Interviews a Citizen about Gun Culture in his Homeland and the US

by Christopher John Stephens

In a 2018 failed bid for the 2026 World Cup, Morocco highlighted its limited threats from gun crime, especially compared to the United States. At that time, Morocco’s murder rate was 3 in 100,000, which looks comfortable against 5.3 in the United States. The rate has stayed more or less the same in Morocco over these past four years. In comparison, the United States experienced more gun-related deaths in 2020 than any other in recorded history. This reporter recently had […]

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