Lynda Lin Grigsby

Child language brokers are children—often from immigrant families—who linguistically translate for family members. I was one of them. Here's what experts have to say.
A guttural cry woke me up from the darkest corral of sleep the night before the big test. I had been studying for weeks under the florescent light at the kitchen table, the scene where a mountain of books and pamphlets about the U.S. government teetered close to a landslide. The test would determine U.S. citizenship, and it wasn...

On a Zoom call with Romper the day before she was set to appear at the Mom 2.0 Summit on a panel about online safety last month, Frances Haugen does not mince words: What we are facing is nothing short of a public health emergency.
She would know.
Haugen is a former Facebook data scientist who made international headlines as the whistleblower who disclosed internal documents to Congress and the SEC about...

Tooth agenesis, including oligodontia, may be rare but it can cause issues if your child has it. Here's what parents need to look out for.

Kristi Yamaguchi knows what it means to be the best and has a gold medal to prove she was the top female figure skater at the Winter Olympics in 1992.
But that was then. Today, Yamaguchi is breaking into a new sport: kung fu, the Chinese martial art that can be every bit as graceful as figure skating but also a lot more aggressive. The champion on ice is training to become a kung fu master on land.
Those who practice kung fu consider it exercise, self-defense and a way of life. Yamaguchi, 50,...

Onscreen, ‘Manzanar, Diverted’ examines the intersections of race and history. Between the frames, it centers three generations of Japanese American female activists.

“Remembrance,” shown behind Bob Matsumoto, is a symbol of the loss of freedom and dignity of the Japanese American community. (Photo: Courtesy of Bob Matsumoto)
The art director on carrying on the legacy of kindness, combating anti-Asian hate and the need for creative thinking.
By Lynda Lin Grigsby, Contributor
Bob Matsumoto is the patron saint of creativity. The advertising art director, whose name and work continues to echo in the minds of industry trendsetters long after his retirement, is...

Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura once braved gunfire in the name of the American flag as a World War II veteran. Last July, he was given the opportunity to sign a flag as a hero and a survivor of a mass incarceration experience.
“I was very, very touched,” said Nakamura, 96, of Whittier, who served on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American unit during WWII known today as the most highly decorated unit for its size and length of service in U.S. military history. While he fought...

Artist Dan Santat worked through love and loss by drawing sea creatures in a diving suit.

The name on the wall near city hall makes Steve Nagano’s blood boil.
Fletcher Bowron Square offers a small respite from Downtown’s urban structures with open space and public art. But for Nagano, the square’s namesake evokes painful memories.
Nagano lives in Little Tokyo, within walking distance of the square, but his family roots stretch from Los Angeles to Arizona because in 1942 his father Paul M. Nagano was one of the many Japanese Americans who during World War II were forced to leave th...

The love affair between the place and its people has endured generations, but where is this love grounded, and how does it continue through uncontrollable forces of change?

At first glance, this sounds like a story about a retiree keeping busy, but it’s so much more. This story spans the world, includes wars, as well as one man’s relentless drive to bring a bird named Maggie from page to screen.

Take off your mask, and your kids likely will, too. Here's what experts say to do to keep kids safe during the summer.
Sa'iyda Shabazz says her 7-year-old son has major vaccine envy. He watched Shabazz and her partner, Beth Ryne, get vaccinated so he knows there is a light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, just not for him yet.
"He's very much at a point where he is very envious of everyone who is vaccinated because he's not," says the Los Angeles-based writer.
With easing restrictions and ...

Chief Roy Nakamura takes a moment to chat with community members at the April 28 event.
For Japanese Americans, there is a shared history with different viewpoints on policing and safety. Law enforcement and community leaders all seek to answer the question, ‘What should community safety look like?’ amid rising anti-Asian racism and violence.
By Lynda Lin Grigsby, Contributor
One life imprisoned can cause a ripple effect that spans generations. What happens when it is 120,000 people targeted ...