Teresa Tran

1 week ago | joysauce.com | Teresa Tran

Prices are rising. Tariffs are looming. And for Asian American households, that could mean anything from Korean sheet masks, to Japanese snacks, to Vietnamese-made clothes might get pricier or harder to find. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump’s administration proposed sweeping new tariffs on nearly all imported goods, many of which come from China, Korea, India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, including scheduled increases affecting more than 70 percent of U.S. imports.

2 weeks ago | joysauce.com | Teresa Tran

For nearly 80 years, the news outlet Voice of America (VOA) has served as a beacon of information for immigrants, dissidents, and global citizens alike. But last week, President Donald Trump’s administration’s sweeping layoffs of nearly 600 VOA employees marked the sharpest dismantling of the government-funded news agency in its history, an effort critics say threatens the very mission of VOA and its role as an informational lifeline—especially to AA+PI communities.

1 month ago | joysauce.com | Teresa Tran

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, a quiet but meaningful shift is happening among second-generation Vietnamese Americans. They’re not just tracing the footsteps of their parents who fled Vietnam in desperation. Many are moving there. After more than two decades since my last visit to the country, I traveled to Vietnam earlier this year to celebrate Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, with my extended family.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Teresa Tran

2 hours agoTwo maimed children, two iconic images – and no end to barbarity in sight. This month, Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year award for her image titled Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine, taken last year for The New York Times. Ajjour had both of his arms blown …

1 month ago | joysauce.com | Teresa Tran

What happens when you take a real-life jailbreak and turn it into a film? You get a career-defining performance and a spotlight on the community that inspired it. In The Accidental Getaway Driver, veteran actor Dustin Nguyen delivers one of the most layered performances of his decades-spanning career.