Eighty years ago today, America invoked a “greater good” as justification to use force against a targeted social group. The toxic...

It's odd how often we *know* of a historical figure as the creator of X or the hero of Y ~ their endeavors, and indeed, their life,...

Authors and podcasters Wendy Kendell and Carl Lee interviewed me this month for their #ANovelTalk podcast. Both claimed zero knowledge...

At 7:55 am Honolulu time on December 7, 80 years ago today America learned a tragic lesson about the danger of hubris and false...

In the countdown to Asia Society of Southern California event on September 28, I posted photos on social media posts of African Americans...

In September I get to present alongside people whose work I admire at two Rumors from Shanghai-related events. What a boon for a China...

As an introvert, the act of writing is right up my alley. Spend hours alone?✅ Reading and researching?✅ Imagining things? ✅ I’m all in!...

Thrilled to see the final form of this essay I wrote for BlackPast! It considers the ambitious and varied endeavors of the African...

Historic Shanghai has an interview up on their blog, discussing Rumors from Shanghai's beginnings and the influence my sojourn in...

NüVoices, a collective of women China experts from a range of fields/professions, now has an online interview up about my historical...

A Black American representing the diplomatic interests of the United States in the Russian Far East at the turn of the 19th century?...

In #RumorsFromShanghai, characters from Black, Chinese and Japanese backgrounds shape the protagonist's viewpoint and interests. These...

Early Chinese residents in Washington State most famously and numerously drew from Southern China's Taishan region. The impact of...

March 1, almost a year to the day since the original planned launch date at the 2020 Shanghai International Literary Festival, is launch...

The celebrations the last time America ousted a disastrous head of state is a fond memory. Michelle Garnaut, inimitable founder of M on...

The Seattle Times has an op-ed out "The path to a new China policy" from Michael Burke and me: We have no illusions that the US and China...

With the thorough thumping delivered at the end of November by Republican-appointed justices in the Third Circuit, Trump's ...

Friday morning, post-election Day 3 and the voting tallies for Georgia and Pennsylvania now show Joe Biden leading. Perhaps by the end of...

When I was little, two when-I-grow-up-I-want-to-be dreams lit my fire: one was becoming a writer and the other was becoming a lawyer....

On July 30, @Kate_OKeefe and @aviswanatha’s article “China’s New Tool to Chase Down Fugitives: American Courts” appeared in the WSJ: The...