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Grace Hwang Lynch

Grace Hwang Lynch is a San Francisco Bay Area based freelance writer with a focus on race, culture and family. Her work has appeared on PBS, Salon, MSNBC, xoJane and BlogHer. She also blogs about Asian mixed-race families at HapaMama.
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Global Nation Education
One Latina’s journey to college amid admissions scandals and inequities
Global Nation Education
Harvard affirmative action case far from over as plans for appeal begin
An Asian couple pushes a baby stroller on their way into a shopping mall.
US politics
Asian Americans could be the group most affected by the census citizenship question
man in front of Harvard University sign looks at phone
Education
A trial alleging racial discrimination weighs on Asian American college applicants
Woman in church holding book and singing
Religion
American evangelicals are more diverse than ever. But some don’t want to be part of the ‘evangelical movement.’
Woman reaching up to top of shelf to get cereal box, shelf has bread and other food products
Education
More college students in California are eligible for help getting enough to eat
Young man at podium in press conference with signs behind him
Education
This college freshman is worried about affirmative action — but not that it will keep him out of Harvard
Two men in smile in posed photo in front of small market
Justice
A Muslim immigrant and a Christian pastor find common ground — and try to connect with their Latino neighbors too
Students in a classroom talking to each other at desks
Education
California will soon provide ethnic studies classes for all high schoolers. Here’s why.
A student speaking in front of a board of post-it notes, with two other students standing nearby
Education
Rocked by suicides, Palo Alto high schools want to make mental health care as normal as eating breakfast
Two boba milk teas, close up
Global Politics
Too much boba is bad for you. California’s new data law could show who’s most at risk.
A bundle of leaf-wrapped rice dumplings
Culture
The savory treat of the Dragon Boat Festival and the aunties who make them
A man is hugged by a young man on stage
Education
The CDC is investigating a cluster of teen suicides in Palo Alto
An illusration of woman's silhouette for Black History Month
Culture
Why Black History Month is for people of other races too