POSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of the global Filipino. The POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, providing analysis and discussion about the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice.
Items and other artifacts at the Smithsonian xprovide a fascinating glimpse into the complex lives of Filipino Americans as U.S. nationals who could live and work in America but were denied citizenship
Read MoreThe article Alice Roosevelt, The Sultan Of Sulu, And The Theater Of American Empire (PF February 4 , 2026) by Alex Fabros revisits the meeting between Alice Roosevelt, daughter of US President Theodore Roosevelt, and the Sultan of Sulu. The event encapsulated a moment when the American empire sought to present itself as modern, inclusive, and benevolent, even as it consolidated control through coercion and administrative absorption. Fabros’ article awakened a memory from a reader, Jessie Huberty, who sent Publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco a letter.
Read MoreThe meeting between Alice Roosevelt and the Sultan of Sulu encapsulated a moment when the American empire sought to present itself as modern, inclusive, and benevolent, even as it consolidated control through coercion and administrative absorption.
Read MoreThe memoir Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows chronicles the author’s journey from moderate activist to communist organizer and clandestine ambassador overseas.
Read MoreLarge trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino immigrants.
Read MoreThere’s more than meets the eye when it comes to ties that link the Philippines to Florence, Italy.
Read MoreFilipino leaders who led the wartime campaign for Philippine independence from Washington, D.C. would later run the new republic.
Read MoreThere’s an entire sentence in Filipino native script on nearly every odd-numbered page of the Philippine passport. What does it say?
Read MoreThe life and times of Ramon Reyes Lala, author of The Philippine Islands, the first English-language book by a Filipino published in America.
Read MoreKapampangan playwright Aurelio Tolentino tricked US colonial officials into watching an anti-US stage play in 1903.
Read MorePOSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of Filipinos in the diaspora. POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, covering the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice. Based in San Francisco, California, POSITIVELY FILIPINO magazine is your window on the Filipino diaspora.
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