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Have You Thanked Your Mom Today?

Here's a way to celebrate APA Heritage Month and Mother's Day: 18 Million Rising's Thank You Mom project [...]

Asian Pacific Heritage Month Google Hangout: Lisa Ling, Konrad Ng and Angry Asian Man

Missed the Asian Pacific Heritage Month Google Hangout with Lisa Ling, Konrad Ng and Angry Asian Man? Watch the video here [...]

Immigration, Leaning In and Global Kids

In other news, I've been writing about immigration reform, "Leaning In" and raising global kids. Check it out [...]

Tammy Duckworth, a Hapa Hero

Meet Tammy Duckworth, the unstoppable hapa hero on her way to Congress. [...]

I Voted. How About You?

Election Day is November 6, but I’ve already cast my ballot. You see, for the past decade, I’ve been an absentee voter. Which doesn’t mean that I don’t vote — I just do it by [...]

I’m Giving Away 18 Million Rising T-Shirts!

As I’ve written before, there are not a lot of logo shirts I’d wear, because, that’s like advertising a company. On your body. For free. But remember how I said I’d make the exception for a [...]

You Mess With Big Bird, You Mess With a Nation of Immigrants

Judging by the reaction to Mitt Romney’s vow during the first presidential debate to cut funding for PBS, Big Bird is the sacred cow of American childhood. For anyone born during the 1970s or later, [...]

ha•pa (hä’pä)

adj. 1. Slang. of mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./Hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)]