January 3, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 1
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Society’s Other Covid-19 Symptom, Bigotry, Takes a Toll

by Max Wei

Low-income Asian American families have faced disproportionate hardships since the Covid-19 pandemic began, as I reported here in the last issue of Sampan. “Many people are surprised to learn that Asian Americans have the highest poverty rate of any racial-ethnic group in Boston — it’s about 29%, ” Carolyn Wong, a researcher at the Institute of Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, told me. Wong is the co-writer of a recently published report on the struggles faced by Asians in the Boston area from the pandemic. “The lowest paid workers […]

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From Dick’s Desk at the AACA LITC
(Asian American Civic Association Low Income Taxpayer Clinic)

by Richard Soo Hoo

Dear Dick I am a journeyman finish carpenter. I spent the whole week sorting through my lumber supply invoices and pay records for my construction helper. But….I am relieved.  I managed to file my income tax returns by the April 15 tax deadline this year. At the same time, I am worried that the IRS is going to audit me again. I’m being audited for last year.  When I went to my mailbox, I noticed a thick letter with the […]

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Failure to Fund Successful Health Services Program Leaves 30,000 Vulnerable Residents, Communities of Color Without Vital Care

by Sampan Staff

On March 29, 2022, ABCD—Action for Boston Community Development—received the shocking news that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Population Affairs, was terminating funding of the anti-poverty organization’s Title X Family Planning program as of March 31, 2022. For more than 50 years, in collaboration with a vital community health center network, ABCD has done an exemplary job of delivering critical health services to more than 30,000 low-income residents and communities of color. Where are our […]

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Asian Hate Is on the Rise in Massachusetts, but the True Number of Threats, Attacks Remains Elusive

by Chelsea Wang

Last July a Chinese American attorney was approached as she left her office at Tremont Street and Washington Street in Boston. A person came up to her, pulled on her reusable mask, and let the force of the elastic bands slap the mask back against her face. The perpetrator then ran away as the attorney demanded to know: Was she attacked because she was Asian? “I can do whatever I want,” was the response. After the attack, the attorney, who requested […]

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The Air That We Breathe: Testimonies From the Frontlines of Chinatown’s Air Pollution Battle

by Max Wei

Chinatown continues to be one of Boston’s more vibrant communities. However, behind that curtain, the residents, workers, and businesses breathe the dirtiest air in Massachusetts. Joan didn’t know that Chinatown had the dirtiest air in Massachusetts when she moved here eight years ago. But when her two twin girls were diagnosed with asthma two years ago, she was shocked. She couldn’t understand why. No one in her own family had asthma and no one smoked at home. Then her children’s […]

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The Warmth of Community Strength: How Organizations Are Helping Solve Boston’s Home Heating Oil Crisis

by Christopher John Stephens

The worst kept secret for most homeowners, renters, or landlords today is that energy prices were on their way up well before Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s raised prices on everything from Uber rides to children’s toys. The current (as of March 21, 2022) price of oil at above $110 a barrel is down slightly from this month’s high of $130. Gas to run your automobile is precariously priced from a low of $4 a gallon to a high of $6 […]

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Air Pollution in Chinatown Continues to Alarm Residents

by Max Wei

Do you know Boston Chinatown has the worst air quality in the state? If you are a resident of Boston’s Chinatown, your good night’s sleep is being harmed by the car exhaust in the air. If you work in Chinatown, you are probably breathing polluted air for eight or more hours a day. Even if you are a visitor to Chinatown and enjoying a delicious Chinese meal with your friends, you are breathing in polluted air filled with high levels […]

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National Asian Women’s Association Hits ‘Remarkable Milestone’

by Xinyan Fu

The National Asian Women’s Association celebrated its 16th anniversary at the Empire Garden in Boston’s Chinatown on Jan. 23, despite the surge in cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests and volunteers donned surgical masks as they dined at big round tables decorated with glasses filled with styled carmine-colored napkins inside the favorite Chinatown restaurant that was once an old vaudeville theater house. The banquet also served as its traditional annual gathering to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, with 200 […]

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Wu’s Affordable Housing Plan

by Admin

“Cost of housing is among the biggest barriers to being able to stay and thrive in our city and is the number one concern I hear from our residents, day in and day out,” said Wu. “With these actions, we’re taking our first major steps towards addressing Boston’s housing crisis.”

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Cherish Chinatown Challenge

by Moninisha Yadav

In response to these difficulties within the local AAPI community, student leaders from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine began an initiative called Cherish Chinatown.

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