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Posts by Laura Zhang
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Voting Their Stories: Asian Americans Reckon with Race and CommunityWhen Asian Americans adopt a new nation, how might voting serve as a means for expressing our varied senses of identity and community?
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The Cloudy Origins of KombuchaFrom Folk Medicine to Pop-Culture PotionIn one report, people in China drank tea during the Qin Dynasty when it was referred to as “The Remedy for Immortality.”
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Sacrifice and Stigma: Mental Health in Chinese AmericaIn Chinese culture, it is a widespread belief that mental illness results from ancestors’ punishment on the current generation.
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A Man of Many Talents, Many Tribes:
A Q&A with Dennis Zotigh“As Native people, we have to learn to balance two different worlds.”
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