In 1990, fewer than one in five adults in the U.S. were obese. By 2022, that rate surged to 42.5%. And the percentage of Americans considered obese is only expected to increase by 2035, when close to ...

Half of American adults say yes to the first question, and a concerning 13% of U.S. adults yes to the second question, a report released by The Asian American Foundation finds. Yet, most Asian ...

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series of interviews and articles Sampan is posting over the next several issues that explore the high cost of housing in Greater Boston and beyond. The ...

What makes one Chinatown thrive and another become just an empty symbol of a community? A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” ...

Tufts Medical Center has awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to nine Boston-based nonprofit organizations, including several in Chinatown. The medical center says the grants will be used over ...

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’; directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, 2025); Viewed at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline. The film recently opened at the Coolidge and at West Newton Cinema in ...

The talented musical artist PinkPantheress brought back the early 2000s at her Boston performance on May 12 at MGM Music Hall in the Fenway. Powered by her amazing energy, PinkPantheress showcased her ...

If all the immigrants and foreign residents in Massachusetts left the state at once, we’d have big problems. Businesses would likely be forced to relocate or shutter, and entire industries would ...

Sampan chats with Vietnamese American Artist Ngoc-Tran Vu about Little Saigon, art, and history Growing up in Dorchester, Ngoc-Tran Vu would watch her father dress in his South Vietnamese Army uniform ...

As the cost of living in Massachusetts has risen dramatically for many residents, the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) has been campaigning to put rent control — which was abolished decades ago ...

专访州参议员尼克·柯林斯（Nick Collins），探讨唐人街、无家可归问题、住房、药物滥用等议题 州参议员尼克·柯林斯（Nick Collins）代表着波士顿地区多元化的隅——萨福克第一选区（Suffolk First ...

Two rules come to mind when it comes to basic commandments for any writers: “Write what you know” and “Read the room.” The former is a pithy and reliable rule that usually helps keep novice writers in ...