South Korea was riven by mass uprisings and radical movements throughout the 20th century, but that revolutionary legacy has been largely invisible in mainstream historical accounts. Now, with popular uprisings again...
The first Asian American to play in the NBA is not Jeremy Lin, but Japanese American Wat Misaka. Misaka was a point guard for the Knicks in 1947. Only 5 foot 7, he was the first draft pick for the Knicks and the first...
How is the legacy of slavery carried forward to the present in the U.S. south? How is the increase in new immigrants changing the discourse on race in Atlanta? And how is Occupy Atlanta learning to do right by race? ...
In 2010, the Arizona state legislature passed HB 2281, a law targeting the Mexican American Studies curriculum at some schools in Tucson Unified School District (TUSD), which teaches critical thinking skills to young...
Last week, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery during WWII - also known as "comfort women" - staged their 1000th protest outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. The women, now in their 80's and 90's,...
Mainstream media and U.S. politicians depict the political scene in Pakistan as dominated by "Talibanization" and the rise of extremism. But the progressive, labor and feminist movements of Pakistan tell a more...
Saadia Toor joins us in the studio to discuss her new book, State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan. The book tells the story of the Pakistani nation-state through the lens of the Cold War, and more...
Founded in 2008 by a musician and former migrant worker, the Culture and Art Museum of Migrant Workers in Beijing uses music, theater and other forms of artistic expression to record the histories of Chinese migrant...
One of Bangladesh's biggest names in film - director Tareque Masud - was killed in a road accident in Bangladesh on Saturday, along with journalist Mishuk Munier, two members of their production crew, and the...
