Jane Hu

1 month ago | riffmagazine.com | Jane Hu

SAN FRANCISCO — Finneas‘ sold-out For Crying Out Loud tour stop at the Masonic was a fun evening of straightforward pop gems. Emerging as a solo artist out from the shadow cast by his megastar sister and collaborator, Billie Eilish, Finneas has built a strong identity with his earnest pop lyrics and layered sound. For Cryin’ Out Loud!, his 2024 sophomore album, explores themes of heartbreak, personal growth and reflection.

Jan 23, 2025 | newyorker.com | Jane Hu

Between 1848 and 1852, more than twenty thousand Chinese migrants made their way to San Francisco in search of gold. The vast majority were men—rural peasants from Guangdong Province, situated on the southeast coast of China, near Hong Kong. They continued to leave for the United States throughout the nineteenth century, first working in gold mines, then taking up other forms of labor, including the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Jan 23, 2025 | asianamericans.einnews.com | Jane Hu

In 1875, the Page Act effectively barred Chinese women from entering the U.S., widening the gender gap even further. (It would begin to shrink after the 1946 War Brides Act, which allowed Chinese American veterans to bring over wives and children as non-quota exceptions.) The Page Act prefigured the near-total ban on Chinese immigration to the U.S. seven years later, with the Exclusion Act of 1882—the country’s first federal law to restrict a group on the basis of race.

Dec 9, 2024 | opb.org | Julie Sabatier |Jane Hu

Tracy Kim Townsend rests in a seating area inside Project Circle on Oct. 23, 2024. Townsend co-founded the psilocybin service center and would like to see access to the drug expanded in Oregon. Oregon law allows psilocybin therapy in licensed service centers. But what if you’re too sick to go to one? Could a licensed psilocybin facilitator come to your home and provide therapeutic services for you there? Oregon law says no. But a group of facilitators are now fighting to change that.

Dec 5, 2024 | dailyastorian.com | Jane Hu

When Alison Grayson first met John, she was struck by his enduring sense of humor. Amid terrible nausea from chemotherapy, he still cracked nerdy jokes. “When somebody is approaching a terminal diagnosis and end of life, but is still able to maintain that sense of humor and that individuality — he was just so thoroughly himself, and that holds space in my heart very much,” Grayson said.