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The Americans' Ruthie Ann Miles: 'We Should Not Be Satisfied Playing the Token Asian'

Ruthie Ann Miles in a scene from Lincoln Center Theater's production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I. (Paul Kolnik)
Arts

The Korean-raised actress, currently starring in The King and I on Broadway, discussed her passion for music, theater, and says why television makes her nervous.

June 9th by Clara Lambert

Interview: Jeff Yang on What Hollywood Can Teach the Corporate World About Diversity

Shows like ABC's How To Get Away With Murder have injected greater racial diversity in television (Mitchell Haaseth/ABC)
ArtsCurrent Affairs

The longtime media and cultural critic says that "pop culture is a step behind society, and brands are a step behind pop culture" in fomenting change.

June 9th by Juan Machado

How a Lack of Natural Energy Resources Sparked Japan's Energy Innovation

Former Japanese Minister of the Environment and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi discusses why Japan turned to renewable energy. (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)
Current Affairs

On the heels of a nuclear disaster, Japan is spearheading the movement toward sustainable technology.

June 8th by Michelle FlorCruz

PBS' Hari Sreenivasan: 'Diversity Is More Than Just the Face on TV'

(PBS)
Current Affairs

In an interview with Asia Blog, the broadcast journalist explains how true diversity would only benefit the news business.

June 7th by Matt Schiavenza

Interview: Tracy Wong on Leadership, Diversity, and the Importance of 'Creative Democracy'

Tracy Wong (Jason Hall)
Arts

The award-winning advertising executive explains why letting everyone — even the accounts team — get involved in the creative process has made his Wongdoody firm so successful.

June 6th by Clara Lambert

Photo of the Day: Chinese Students Mark 'World No Tobacco Day'

Primary school students in Hebei, China mark
Current AffairsMultimedia

Primary school students in northern China participate in a campaign to discourage smoking.

June 3rd by Eric Fish

Interview: First Transgender Woman in Philippines' Congress on the 'Beginning of Change' in Her Country

Geraldine Roman shakes hands with voters during a campaign trip to the town of Orani, Bataan province, north of Manila. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
Current Affairs

"The message is clear," said Geraldine Roman. "Gender or sexual orientation is no hindrance to serving the country."

June 3rd by Michelle FlorCruz

Energy in Japan: Is a Post-Nuclear Future Sustainable?

Workers continue the decontamination and reconstruction process at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on February 25, 2016 in Okuma, Japan. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Policy

Five years after Fukushima, Asia Society Policy Institute's Jackson Ewing tells us how the Asian country is addressing its energy challenges.

June 3rd by Matt Schiavenza

Interview: The New Yorker's Adrian Chen on Diversity, Longform Writing, and His Fascination With Trolling

Eva Blue/Flickr
ArtsCurrent Affairs

"If you come to journalism kind of with any kind of outsider perspective, you'd begin to see to see how much people rely on the same sources and cover the same stories."

May 31st by Matt Schiavenza

Photo of the Day: President Obama Embraces Atomic Bomb Victim in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama embraces atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori during his visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 27, 2016 in Hiroshima, Japan. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)
Current AffairsMultimedia

Obama is the first U.S. president to appear in the Japanese city since the dropping of the bomb in 1945.

May 27th by Matt Schiavenza