PRX - Pieces for Topic: Asian
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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 51:34
We look at the history of the Cameron House in San Francisco's Chinatown. The women who founded the organization worked to rescue Chinese women and...
- Added: Jan 03, 2022
- Length: 29:30
During World War II, more than a quarter million Filipinos fought alongside American soldiers. Many are still awaiting the recognition promised to ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and KPCC
- Added: Jul 30, 2018
- Length: 07:44
- Purchases: 4
An environmental group in Western New York is trying to help area refugees and others learn about the danger of eating contaminated fish from the G...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WSKG, North Country Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 09, 2016
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 6
In 2012, Barnali Ghosh began the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour with her husband, Anirvan Chatterjee.
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 08:08
We are no strangers to earthquakes here in the Bay Area. But there’s been nothing in recent memory to match the 9.0 quake that shook Japan on March...
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 16:21
Ai WeiWei has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2011, but that has not stopped him from making work internationally. He just opened a massiv...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 2
San Francisco has some of the country’s highest reports of human trafficking. It’s one of the top 10 cities in the U.S where trafficking is the worst.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 09:55
- Purchases: 2
From the 1940s until the 1960s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was home to a thriving Chinese American nightclub scene. The scene died out in the 60s, a...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:00
Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 03:33
On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 02:57
Japan confronts unprecedented decline in its population
- Added: Dec 26, 2005
- Length: 04:59
Taiwan's indigenous tribes are getting better reception
Bought by KSUT
- Added: Nov 10, 2005
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 25, 2005
- Length: 04:09