Benny Jimenez
CanvasserRECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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Premieres Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. -
The new Apple TV+ show starring Alexander Skarsgård features a mix of special effects-laden action, deadpan humor and social commentary. It deserves a big audience. -
DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback with Asian American students, where the question of his ethnicity and his portrayal of an Asian character comes up in this satirical play.
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DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) shares a phone call with his father (Francis Jue) in the wake of the Miss Saigon casting controversy.
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Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives. -
NPR en españolJuez federal determinó que la orden ejecutiva del presidente Donald Trump que desmantela el IMLS "ignora el papel constitucional fundamental de cada una de las ramas de nuestro gobierno federal".
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