Abra On My Mind: Tracing My Family Roots

Abra On My Mind: Tracing My Family Roots

The writer revisited Abra in the hope of seeing his grandma’s home again, but alas, his efforts to locate it were unsuccessful.

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The Morning After: A Reflection

The Morning After: A Reflection

A journalist has a heart-to-heart talk with her journalism students the morning after the morning after the US presidential election.

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My Great-Grandfather’s Memoir: From Notebook to Book

My Great-Grandfather’s Memoir: From Notebook to Book

How the writer was finally able to publish his great-grandfather’s autobiography which was written in an older form of Ilocano, a language he didn’t know.

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Captivating Capiz

Captivating Capiz

After my speech, on to the scallops.

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Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

A Filipino American poet alone in rural North Carolina longs for the company of fellow Filipinos and finds a surreal manong.

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A Domestic Violence Story

A Domestic Violence Story

In sharing her story during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, award-winning director Giovannie Espiritu wants to emphasize that abuse comes in many forms. It’s not always about physical violence; often, it’s about control.

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The Ilocano Gang of Salinas Valley

The Ilocano Gang of Salinas Valley

Historian Alex Fabros Jr. recalls back porch stories his manongs in Salinas Valley, California, told him.

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Helene, a Name I Refuse to Forget

Helene, a Name I Refuse to Forget

Poet Tony Robles shares moments when Hurricane Helene recently ran wild, bringing both ruin and togetherness in his mobile home community in North Carolina.

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Coming Home: Where Sisterhood Was Born

Coming Home: Where Sisterhood Was Born

The bonds of sisterhood have endured over the years among members of the Maryknoll College Class of 1974.

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Ferdie and Ninoy, Brothers at Odds

Ferdie and Ninoy, Brothers at Odds

A fraternity brother thinks Ninoy Aquino wouldn’t have thought that the dictator personally ordered his assassination.

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