MIT ‘Bans’ Student Over Essay - Sampan
2024年11月22日 · Attorney Calls Action ‘Chilling’ Threat to Free Speech. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has banned a South Asian American grad student from campus and is threatening to boot him from the university for an article he published related to pro-Palestinian protesting, according to the student and his lawyer, who calls the …
Author Charles Yu Talks About His Work on ‘Interior Chinatown,’ …
2024年11月8日 · Writer Charles Yu has seen his career transform from law, to book author and now to television. That latter shift will be further proven when “Interior Chinatown” – his award-winning book – airs on Hulu and Disney Plus on Nov. 19. Produced by Taika Waititi, with a pilot that is also directed by Waititi, the
The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James
2024年11月22日 · Editor’s note: The following is being reprinted with permission for two reasons. One, in honor of Native American Heritage Month, and, two, as a celebration of free speech and the right to freedom of expression and thought. The speech was to have been delivered at Plymouth in 1970. Three hundred fifty years after the Pilgrims
‘Join or Die’ Argues Clubs Can Save America. But Is It Just …
2024年10月11日 · Is the downfall of Democracy dependent on something as simple as the decline of social clubs? That’s the central theme of “Join or Die,” a documentary film that screened at film festivals in 2023 and is currently making the rounds at community film screenings across the country. “The trend toward greater polarization in America did
Opinion/Review: Coates Summons Wisdom of Orwell and …
6 天之前 · The epigraph that Ta-Nehishi Coates chose to introduce The Message, his latest collection of linked essays, is a perfectly apt reflection of the writer as provocateur and didactic secular missionary. It’s a passage from George Orwell’s “Why I Write,” a 1948 reflection whose title identifies its contents. Orwell (real name Eric Blair) is best known
Hub Music Group Celebrates ‘Chinese Arts and Culture ... - Sampan
2024年5月24日 · Sampan sat down with the conductor of the Boston Festival Orchestra, Alyssa Wang. Wang discussed the orchestra’s upcoming program, “A Celebration of Chinese Arts and Culture,” as well as her thoughts on inclusion and engagement in music, and what it means to her to be leading the performance as a Chinese American. BFO’s “A Celebration
Some Immigrant Families Fear 2nd Trump Presidency - Sampan
2024年11月22日 · Central to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 5 was his harsh stance on immigration.Now that Trump is due to regain the presidency in January, anti-immigrant sentiment has dominated much of the news. Trump has pledged to hire 10,000 more border patrol agents—and it looks like the president-elect will hold true to his promise, as
‘Imagine Yourself in My Place’: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha …
2024年11月4日 · One restaurant on my local must try bucket list is Winthrop’s gem Belle Isle Seafood restaurant. Current owner Jim Costin moved the business from their original East Boston 883 square feet space that served seafood for many years to their current 5,000 square feet industrial digs just over the Winthrop border in 2012.
25-Story Hotel Plan Draws Critical Reviews - Sampan
2024年10月25日 · A proposal to raze a vacant and dilapidated building in Chinatown to build a 25-story hotel has sparked a debate over whether the project will further boost housing prices around the neighborhood and exacerbate congestion in the already crowded block. The building’s owner, Sing Ming Chan, claims that the 110-room hotel would bring increased tourism
Judy Chang to Serve on Federal Energy Commission - Sampan
2024年7月26日 · Judy W. Chang, a Boston-based energy economist and regulatory policy expert, was confirmed as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 3, under President Biden’s nomination. Chang will be the first Asian American woman to serve on the FERC, where she will work alongside four other members serving the commission’s mission