UC Berkeley Professor Percy Hintzen says to understand the devastation following Haiti's earthquake, you have to understand the Caribbean nation's important role in modern history.

Haitians living in the United States are deeply impacted by the devastating earthquake that hit their island homeland earlier this month, according to a poll sponsored by New America Media.

Latino media coverage expressed disappointment that President Barack Obama largely ignored the thorny issue of immigration reform in his State of the Union address. Chinese media worried that he brought up China twice, both times as a concern.

The earthquake in Haiti has potentially added another 1.5-2 million to the list of those displaced by environmental disasters, and many will no doubt seek asylum in other countries.

Japanese anime is becoming increasingly popular with American kids who are drawn to its darker, more complex world view. These stories reflect ancient eastern sensibilities that are rooted in human suffering rarely known in the land of “happily ever after.”

Wild orchids and painted pine cones. These things I remember of Christmas in Vietnam. It was in Dalat, the mountain city with its persistent fog and whispering pine forests, that I first celebrated Christmas. My father had been transferred there after the 1968 Tet offensive, and he brought the entire family with him.

As President Obama sends more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, we must realize that the Vietnam syndrome cannot be kicked through acts of war. More soldiers and bombs and droids in the sky will never appease the haunting ghosts of the past. Quite the opposite. We are in the process of creating more ghosts to haunt future generations.

As a sign that Buddhism is flourishing in America, the most complex Buddhist city in the world is not in Asia but Los Angeles, home to more than 300 Buddhist temples and centers.

The majority of Vietnamese practice Tam Giao – or Three Religions -- Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. Accepting all three and making them work without too much conflict is a Vietnamese tendency and impulse. But Cao Dai, in comparison with Vietnam’s many other religions, is a newcomer, and monotheistic in nature. NAM editor Andrew Lam explains Cao Dai and his great-grandfather's role in founding a religion that has taken root in California.

Asian Americans are much more likely than the average American to commit suicide, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NAM editor Andrew Lam traces the root of this disturbing trend to a tradition that existed long before the American dream.

Media outlets should offer their freelance journalists the same protections accorded their staffers, especially when the stringers go to regions deemed hot spots.

この三ヶ月の間に、カリフォルニア工科大学に通う三人の中国人系アメリカ人の学生が自殺をした。二人はヘリウム・ガスで窒息死し、一人は自殺と見なされているが、死因はまだ特定されていない。中国語メディアは彼らのニュースを報道したが、主要メディアではほとんど取り上げられなかった。