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I’ve come to develop a fondness for the brutal honesty that greeted me in Bangladesh. Given its complete lack of exposure to tourists and foreigners, rickshaw drivers and touts charge surprisin...

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  Those of you familiar with the film Argo may have already heard of the backstory: A CIA operative named Tony Mendez led the rescue of 6 American hostages from Iran during the 1979 hostage cr...

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Are these satirical pieces? Repressed self-hatred? The lingering effects of colonialism (whoa, that escalated quickly)? In the past 3 weeks I’ve noticed 3 articles by 3 different Asian American...

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Read synopsis and watch trailer. A nice Saturday morning tradition: 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis would really like to find true love. He has never had a girlfriend and lives alone with his moth...

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When he was 6 they called him chink. When he was 8 his parents enrolled him into SAT prep courses. When he was 10 he bartered for friendships by doing other people’s math homework. It’s tough...

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