On July 4, 1946, the U.S. officially recognized the independence of the Philippines after nearly 50 years of American rule.

They chose not to begin the opening night with one of the most meaningful and symbolic traditions in many East and Southeast Asian cultures, the lion dance.

I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.

We had giants who fought the top 1% of the wealthiest Americans. Now look at us. Look at what we have.

This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.

May we all strive for a better Gospel than the one he gave us on television.

Guide to Roger’s Park and Edgewater organizers wanting to take over planning and implementation.

It has no inherent benefit to society.

The Democratic Party’s internal struggle isn’t about socialism versus capitalism anymore. It’s about courage versus cowardice.

The U.S. Supreme Court declared that lower courts can’t block federal policies nationwide.

An unseen source of all beauty, truth, and goodness was seen by many early Christians as pointing toward God.

As a gay man, a Filipino American, and someone born in Hawai‘i with indigenous roots, I know firsthand how rare it is to feel fully seen in mainstream media.

When those sitting at the table come from similar backgrounds and hold similar assumptions, we risk falling back into old patterns.

I don’t write these things to shame anyone. I write them to name something that is often hidden but very real. Microaggressions may seem small, but over time, they pile up.

Standing behind him, in spirit if not on stage, were his warped “faith advisers”—Evangelical extremists who treat the Book of Revelation like a war manual.

This patch of land—between water and chapel, between movement and stillness—is where I find alignment again.

That is not Christianity. That is oppression dressed up in religious language.

As the Declaration of Faith reminds us, “We do not know when or how the final redemption of creation will be achieved. But we know that God will win.”

It is a political stunt meant to erase LGBTQ people from public life—starting with our most vulnerable: those in crisis, those on the edge, those who just need someone to tell them their life matters.