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“Take the kinks out of your mind,” intoned Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), “instead of out of your hair.”

The Year of the Dragon will be the Year of the “Adobo” if some local foodies are predicting it right.

California legislators honor Indo-American civic participation.

Mike "Dream" Francisco's art brought together the worlds of art and activism. As the Manilatown Heritage Foundation displays his work through a commemorative gallery, photographer Abe Menor reflects on Mike "Dream" Francisco's work and influence.

Aging boomers will heighten demand for eldercare, and poor pay and job conditions are prompting unions to organize home care and nursing home workers.

Stacey McGruder found her own transformation and freedom from incarceration by drawing on the strength and support of women around her. Now she is sharing her self-taught model with other women.

While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students, studies show academic performance among high school age African Americans and Hispanics has fallen to levels not seen in thirty years.

Asian American elders in Washington are imperiled due to budget crisis that will cut basic services.

Check out this special edition of De-Bug magazine, a revealing inside look into our public education system, written by South Bay high school students.

Demographic and economic changes may eventually mean the U.S. will no longer be the number-one destination for migrants.

Although Nguyễn lost almost everything when she emigrated in 1975, she did not feel depressed about her loss and instead focused on the future.

A buttery staple of Indian households apparently isn't as bad for you as what was once thought.

A new pre-kindergarten program, which readies children for kindergarten, is supposed to take off this coming November, but is now in danger of being gutted before it can be fully implemented.

After a fifteen-year hiatus, Brava Theater is proud to welcome award–winning writer and director, Cherríe Moraga, back to its stages to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the world premiere of her new play, New Fire – To Put Things Right Again. Erika Vivianna Céspedes reviews the new play saying "New Fire leaves you thinking and dreaming."

A new measure advocates hope to get on the November ballot would increase penalties against human traffickers in California. The campaign was launched yesterday to coincide with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day,

Author Sandip Roy reflects on Iyer's recent New York Times essay from the back of a shuttle in Kolkata.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) anounced that the option to exit the controversial Secure Communities program will be "eliminated" and the program will become mandatory for 2013. Under the program, local police are required to share the fingerprints of all arrestees with federal immigration authorities.

Proposals aimed at tying funding to students who fast track their way through California's community colleges could deny access to those in need.

An artistic rendering of De-Bug's Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project.

A writer used to observing what is around her uses the craft to do some inner reflection.

The reality of Palo Alto, California, as a minimum wage earner sees it.

In the wake of the death of a five-year-old boy in Oakland, writer and youth worker Hector Gonzalez wonders why youth activism is not holding the community more accountable.

2012 could be a decisive year for the future of anti-immigration state laws, from the Supreme Court to the White House.

Sometimes cross-ethnic connections can save lives.

New America Media's top immigration pieces of 2011.

The good, the bad, and the criminal of desi headliners in 2011.

Inspired by the recently released film "Pariah," Salon teamed up with New America Media to run a series of coming out stories by minority and immigrant LGBT youth. One new story will be published each day throughout the week. This is the second installment.

For the first time this past year, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University’s 23 campuses. These numbers not only reflect the growing Latino population, but the impact of early education programs.

Our troops are barely out of Iraq, and we can’t wait to move on. It’s as if Americans have a collective will to forget.

Journalist and author Fariba Nawa shares her journey through Afghanistan with the book Opium Nation.