Kat Chow

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire — which broke out above the store on July 4 — caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to rebuild not just the physical bookstore, but the community around it as well.

Fire devastated this NYC Chinatown bookshop — community has rushed to its aid

Kat Chow

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.

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Code Switch's 2018 Book Guide

Kat Chow, Andrea Y. Henderson

We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan ceremonially initiate a new recruit at a meeting in 1922.

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What The Ebbs And Flows Of The KKK Can Tell Us About White Supremacy Today

Kat Chow

With the spate of racist mass violence in recent years, it's helpful to consider past waves of white supremacist activity in the United States and what, exactly, caused those ebbs and flows.

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As College Apps Are Due, Asian-American High Schoolers Consider Affirmative Action

Kat Chow

A lawsuit alleging that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants has brought affirmative action into the news. One group that's paying attention? Asian-American high school seniors.

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If We Called Ourselves Yellow

Kat Chow

For more than a century, it has been a racial slur. But there's also a movement to reclaim the term. So, what about Yellow?

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A Summer Camp For Sikh Youth

Kat Chow

For two decades, Sikh children from all around the country have gathered in Rockville, Md., for an overnight summer camp. They learn about the history of their religion, and how to deal with bullying.

Rachel (Constance Wu) and Nick (Henry Golding) share a moment in the Singapore moonlight in <em>Crazy Rich Asians</em>.

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Opinion: Don't Sweat The #Repsweats And Let 'Crazy Rich Asians' Be What It Is

Kat Chow

NPR Code Switch reporter Kat Chow writes about the burdens imposed on representations of Asians and Asian-Americans in pop culture — even in a fun, frothy rom-com.