On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Executive Order 9066 that led to the internment of about 120,000 Japanese Americans residing in the West Coast. Two-thirds of those interned were American citizens, and over 285,000 people of Japanese ancestry were impacted solely because of their race.

Although Viennie V released her first album Nightmare or Dream in September 2011, she already has something in common with pop sensation Justin Bieber: they both got their start by gaining attention on YouTube. The Los Angeles singer has quickly become viral (she became the number one musician on YouTube just a week after she premiered her first video). Viennie V names artists who like to push the envelope, such as Lady Gaga and Rihanna, as her musical influences.

Some of Hollywood’s most well-known stars, including actors Lisa Ling and Margaret Cho (as well as journalist Jan Yanehiro), have teamed up to speak out about the media’s negative portrayal of women in the new documentary, Miss Representation.

Like many young women, Meeghan Henry dreams of attaining her college degree to secure a job and promising future for herself. But unlike most of her other classmates, Meeghan, a freshmen at University of La Verne in California, has stood out from the crowd since childhood. For starters, she was homeschooled and took 7th and 8th grade together in one year. The 16-year-old Indonesian also dreams of stardom as a professional singer, and she is quickly turning her dream into reality.

Jean Kwok’s debut novel, Girl in Translation, reminds readers of the hardships immigrants can face both financially and culturally when trying to adapt to a new country. Kwok’s semi-autobiographical story details the story of Kimberly Chang, a young girl from Hong Kong who moves with her mother to Brooklyn with an infantile grasp of English and little-to-no money. As the story progresses, Kim learns she needs to lead a double life or face the consequences from her peers. At night, she helps her mother earn her keep as a Chinatown factory worker, barely …