Smithsonian to Return Unethically Sourced Remains of Filipinos

Smithsonian to Return Unethically Sourced Remains of Filipinos

The remains of 64 Filipinos who were “exhibited” at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis were used in a study to show that white people were smarter because their brains were larger than those of non-whites.

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Bridge Generation Personality of the Month: Joey Tabaco, 77

Bridge Generation Personality of the Month: Joey Tabaco, 77

Meet a US-born Filipino American whose family lived in a large complex especially built to house non-white employees and delegates of the United Nations in the ‘50s.

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Filipino Sports History: It’s In the Cards

Filipino Sports History: It’s In the Cards

Learn about 20th century Philippine sports history through trading cards.

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Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Get to know a largely ignored historic district in Manila – Paco.

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The Case of the Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation

The Case of the Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation

There’s a need to fill the lack of empirical and evidential documentation of the Bridge Generation’s experiences in America.

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Dr. Jose Rizal, an ‘American-Sponsored’ Hero?

Dr. Jose Rizal, an ‘American-Sponsored’ Hero?

Is it fair dismiss the elevated status Jose Rizal as the Philippines’ national hero as merely a creation of American colonialism?

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The Thomasites, America’s First ‘Peace Corps’ Volunteers

The Thomasites, America’s First ‘Peace Corps’ Volunteers

US-Philippines educational linkages and the legacy of the Thomasites.

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California Dreams

California Dreams

“California Is in the Heart” exhibit at Sacramento’s California Museum chronicles Filipinos’ contributions in California from the 16th century to the present.

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Disputing “Fact-Checking History of San Francisco's Manilatown”

Disputing “Fact-Checking History of San Francisco's Manilatown”

Read a rebuttable to M.T. Ojeda’s article, “Fact-Checking the History of San Francisco’s Manilatown”

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Fact-Checking the History of San Francisco’s Manilatown

Fact-Checking the History of San Francisco’s Manilatown

And in an age of misinformation, Filipino Americans need to be vigilant in spotting unreliable and confusing reportage about their history.

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