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Watch the 2016 Asian American Presidential Forum Live
Kollaboration is proud to support the 2016 AAPIVOTE Presidential Election Forum. Watch it live (or archived) above.
Food for the People: Roy Choi, Locol, and Urban Revitalization
In Los Angeles – a city where sleek Teslas zoom past homeless encampments along the I-10 every day – the income inequality gap between the wealthy and the poor is, well, gaping. The Social Science Research Council recently released a study that compared life expectancy, educational achievement, and income across California’s 10 most populous metro […]
Cementing and Defining Legacies at CAAMFest 2016
The 34th annual CAAMFest (formerly the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) was held in San Francisco and Oakland from March 10-20. Though attendees may have left with different impressions following the full program of screenings, panels, and events, I believe the common thread linking the attendees’ experiences was CAAMFest’s exploration of the power […]
The Many Manifestations of #OscarsSoWhite
Recently, the New York Times released a feature titled “The Faces of American Power, Nearly as White as the Oscar Nominees” and revealed a startling trend. The feature compiled a list of “503 of the most powerful people in American culture, government, education and business, and found that just 44 are minorities,” which is approximately […]
15 Years of Anger: Phil Yu Discusses the Origins and Impact of Angry Asian Man
This past Sunday marked 15 years since the establishment of the blog, Angry Asian Man. From calling out acts of racism to promoting Kickstarter campaigns by up-and-coming creators, in the words of founder Phil Yu, “Angry Asian Man is a website covering news, current events, politics, pop culture, and other subjects from Asian America.” The […]