Leaving Gaza

Leaving Gaza

Filipino-Palestinian families share their harrowing experiences trying to escape from the continued Israeli bombing of Gaza.

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Captivating Capiz

Captivating Capiz

After my speech, on to the scallops.

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Coast Guard Vessel Honors FilAm Woman Hailed WWII hero

Coast Guard Vessel Honors FilAm Woman Hailed WWII hero

A US Coast Guard cutter is being named in honor of Filipino American Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, who helped anti-Japanese guerrillas and POWs in the Philippines in WWII.

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On Cloud 9 at Filbookfest 7 in San Francisco

On Cloud 9 at Filbookfest 7 in San Francisco

Ka-isa-isa to mean one and only… is an apt summary of the writer’s state of being: at one with the social environment, and yet, one and only one,” the writer Ninotchka Rosca explained as she opened the 7th Filipino American International Book Festival, whose theme this year was  “Kaisa’t Kasama: Celebrating our Diverse Voices and Solidarity.”

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They Can Come Home Again

They Can Come Home Again

Meet the rising young Fil-Am leaders who make this year’s batch of FYLPRO delegates to an immersion program in the Philippines.

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Opinion: What did the Asian American vote this year tell us?

Opinion: What did the Asian American vote this year tell us?

Although Asian Americans voted for Kamala Harris 54% Donald Trump made major gains in Asian  American support.

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We Choose Democracy

We Choose Democracy

If you think this US presidential election is not out of the ordinary, please think again, and think hard about the stakes. 

We are a humble online publication, but we were not born yesterday. We serve the Filipino community in the United States, so we share and reflect the experience of being nonwhite immigrants and nonwhite Americans.

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Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous, Part 62

Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous, Part 62

Role models and achievers, some of whom you may not even know are Filipino.

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Country Singer David Unlayao Is at Home in Nashville

Country Singer David Unlayao Is at Home in Nashville

Meet the Filipino country singer the Singing Cowboy Gene Autry would adore.

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Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

A Filipino American poet alone in rural North Carolina longs for the company of fellow Filipinos and finds a surreal manong.

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