Returning to Oahu means navigating rising glass towers and elevated train construction, but a simple container of classic ahi poke still holds the soul of the islands.

Coming home to Oahu means more than just escaping the fall Chicago chill. It means gathering over a piping hot bowl of plantation saimin and remembering the laborers whose survival forged a culture.

I have attached three book group discussion guides below. One is for a faith context. The other is secular. And the third is for an LGBTQ book group and HIV/AIDS-focused study.

From the chaos of revolutions and political upheavals, Marcelo Azcárraga rose swiftly through the Spanish ranks.

I wondered how people from India could have made their way into my family tree, which feels deeply rooted in the ethnolinguistic tribes that would later be forced together by Spanish colonists.

Ethnolinguistic tribes throughout the Philippine archipelago are increasingly interested in delving into their unique pre-colonial roots that made them unique to the Tagalogs—whose language and culture was forced on them.

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