Junyoung Hong

It happened again. I was sitting in my 11th grade English class last month when an announcement came over the intercom: “We are entering shelter-in-place,” a deep, urgent voice warned. I was immediately spooked. So was most of the class. My teacher…

For a long time, Asian characters in Western media were easy to predict. They were often side characters, defined by accents, martial arts skills, or other one-dimensional stereotypes. Rarely were they the center of the story. That started to change when COVID-19…

Almost every day, there are stories of immigrants being arrested and detained by federal agents: 19-year-old João Marciano do Carmo of Milford; 49-year-old Jhon Palacio-Morales of Lowell; 31-year-old Hernan Escobar of Malden. But as a Korean living in Belmont, the Immigration and…