After an impressive fourth-place finish during the ladies’ free skate at the 2010 Vancouver Games, US figure skater, Mirai Nagasu now has her eyes set on a new goal that’s worth more than any medal. 

The 16-year-old wants to win Facebook’s O.C. Tanner Inspiration Award.  Not for herself.  But for her mummy, Ikuko who was diagnosed with thyroid ...

Before he was Lt. Lim, I knew him as simply Mark. We’ve been friends for years and when he first told me he was being shipped off to Iraq, I reacted like any friend would. Like any other civilian, I hadn’t had the slightest clue of what life would be like for Mark over there ...

He’s gone to the Philippines!
AJ Rafael and the guys of Barkada Inc. with the help of the Mahal Foundation have gone to the Philippines to directly help the Typhoon Ondoy victims.

They have been in the Philippines since February 1st and will continue to do their Ondoy Relief mission till February 8th. During these 7 ...

Fellow Asian American blogger and friend, Gifted Thought did an awesome and impressive interview with Virginia based hip hop artists Lyriks and Manifest in his new show, “Spotlight.” It’s long but well worth it. 
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On a random girly note, these three men have such nice speaking voices. It’s sexy, not going to lie. ...

“After bridging the gap [last year], we envisioned a change, a switch, in how we live our lives and what we do about the issues that affect our history and us.” — The Pilipino Association for Health Careers of UC Berkeley

SWITCHED is the 2009-2010 theme for University of California, Berkeley’s PAHC 12th annual Medical Mission ...

Growing up as a cherub-like chubster with few AA female role models, it’s often necessary to go back to your roots to find someone to look up to. For me that role model was none other than Filipino-born Broadway extraordinaire Lea Salonga.

The fact that we shared a similar childhood nickname seemed like fate, thus I had ...

Thank goodness he doesn’t have a long name because news agencies are having a tough time as it is trying to fit it in inside their headlines along with the crowded list of praise-worthy adjectives he got going on.

Meet Evan Low everybody, the newest, youngest, openly gay, Asian/Chinese American mayor in the country. (In unison) ...

After several weeks of voting and over 2.75 million votes casted, Efren Peñaflorida of the Philippines was named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year out of the top ten nominees for his “pushcart classrooms.”
What? Pushcart classroom? As it sounds, it’s a portable classroom.
Peñaflorida, who grew up in the slums, started Dynamic Teen Company (DTC) ...

Anyone of us that has had the privilege to befriend an AA fella knows that basketball is usually a highly cherished (if not downright obsessive) pastime. However, for a myriad of reasons (not just about height, y’all!), AA representation in the professional levels of this sport has been slim to none.
Well, the current pride & joy of ...

A couple weeks ago, while browsing through a few poems I had bookmarked online, I reintroduced myself to Staceyann Chin and her piece Green-Grey Blues — though at the time, I didn’t know of her as the poet, only that I liked the poem. Coincidentally, a few days later, a friend linked me to this performance below ...