What would you do if war came to your doorstep?

In Sudan right now, warring political factions have destroyed lives and homes, giving Filipino OFWs no choice but to leave -- quickly, secretly. In this harrowing, exclusive, day-to-day report of their escape from Sudan, first-time PF contributor Lawrence Espinosa shows us what it takes, how it feels when your day begins with the sounds of battle and ends with sleeping on sidewalks as you try to get to safe ground.

A different kind of conflict -- age-old, pernicious -- is the blame game Asian Americans are subjected to whenever an economic or medical crisis such as Covid-19 hits US soil. UC Berkeley professor and author Catherine Ceniza Choy dissects the roots of medical scapegoating and anti-Asian violence that has been the wont of immigrants from our side of the Pacific since the 1800s.

Finding one's voice and getting published constitute the holy grail of writers, and Chinese Filipino-American Mae Coyiuto does it with her YA (young adult) novel, Chloe and the Kaishao Boys, now available under the Penguin Random House imprint. PF contributor Rafaelito Sy shares his conversation with the young author.

And of course our list of Fil-Ams Among the Remarkable and Famous compiled by our publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco, continues, with chapter 47.

Stories This Week

Escape From Sudan by Lawrence Espinosa

Asians Americans As Medical Scapegoats by Catherine Ceniza Choy

From Catholic Schoolgirl To YA Novelist by Rafaelito Sy

Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous, Part 47 by Mona Lisa Yuchengco

[Partner] "11,103" At The San Francisco Public Library

[Partner] SF Bay Area Community Forum With Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros

Read Agains:

The Unusual Friendship Of The Mestiza And The Morena by Cathy S. Babao

Origins Of Our Daily Breads by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria

[Cook it Again] The Happy Home Cook: Shrimp Toast by Nora V. Daza and Nina Daza Puyat