Harry Mok
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Assistant editor and columnist for the Opinion section of the San Francisco Chronicle. https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/harry-mok/
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta is suing to block the move of San Bruno’s National Archives records on Chinese immigration and other important artifacts. My Opinion newsletter in the @sfchronicle.com
Kansas City is no place for the Bay Area’s National Archives. They belong here
OPINION NEWSLETTER: No offense to Kansas City, but the Bay Area is where the archives should be housed. California Attorney General Rob Bonta concurs. He’s suing to stop the move.
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I talked to former San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar about why he's opposing Prop G, which mirrors a compromise he brokered for weekend closures of the Great Highway. He revealed his position in an op-ed on Thursday.
The surprise opponent to reopening S.F.’s Great Highway
OPINION NEWSLETTER: A former San Francisco city leader reveals why he is voting no on Prop G, which would reopen the Great Highway to cars.
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I was interviewed by the Cascade of History radio show about my @sfchronicle.com column about the impact of the possible closure of National Archives at San Francisco in San Bruno.
BONUS EPISODE: SF Chronicle's Harry Mok "Trump trying to bury window into Chinese American history"
Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Harry Mok, assistant editor, columnist and editorial board member for the Opinion section of The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.
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Bruce Lee’s file is part of the immigration records at the National Archives in San Bruno, which could soon close. I explain why these artifacts are important for the Bay Area’s Chinese American community in my new @sfchronicle.com column/newsletter. Read it at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
Pet store owner who helped oust prior S.F. Sunset supervisor reveals who she is supporting in the race @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/election/art...
Election updates: When do election results come in for governor race?
San Francisco Bay Area voters are facing a slew of decisions in today’s election, including the most tumultuous and wide-open governor race in decades. Track the latest updates.
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Still debating on who or what to vote for? Check out the @sfchronicle.com Opinion section endorsements www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
California election endorsements: SF Chronicle's primary guide
Endorsements for the California primary election, including endorsement for governor, from the SF Chronicle editorial board.
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I talked to UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Ling-chi Wang about the importance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and why he's lending his name to the Asian American Research Center's endowment campaign. My latest column in the @sfchronicle.com
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Let’s put it to good use
OPINION NEWSLETTER: We still need events like Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as a reminder that how we deal with race is a work in progress, Harry Mok writes.
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Great work from my colleagues @sfchronicle.com
Ko Lyn Cheang@kolyncheang.bsky.social · 6mo agoMy colleague @stjbs.bsky.social and I spent months working on this new @sfchronicle.com investigation into each of the 48 deaths in ICE custody since the start of 2025. Powerful work as well by our data viz colleague Nami Sumida and @santiagomejia.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
The Chronicle releases its list of the 100 best restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area for 2026 buff.ly/W6dEJ1Q
100 best restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, ranked
Now updated: The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critics rank the best places to eat in the Bay Area in 2026. See what’s new to the list — and the new No. 1.
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Until Trump attacked birthright citizenship, most people had probably never heard of Wong Kim Ark, whose 1898 Supreme Court case established the legal precedent for birthright citizenship. Read more in my @sfchronicle.com opinion newsletter
Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is taking us back to the 1800s
OPINION NEWSLETTER: A Supreme Court case begins over President Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, the right San Francisco native Wong Kim Ark fought for and won.
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Cynthia Choi of @stopaapihate.org: It should be an open-and-shut case. Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. It’s as fundamental to the United States as the freedom of speech
Birthright citizenship made me American. We can't lose it. | Opinion
As a U.S. citizen, I grew up with freedoms and opportunities that my parents never had. I grew up with a sense of belonging no one could take away.
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Until Trump attacked birthright citizenship, most people had probably never heard of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese San Francisco native whose 1898 Supreme Court case established the legal precedent for birthright citizenship. My @sfchronicle.com Opinion newsletter.
Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is taking us back to the 1800s
OPINION NEWSLETTER: A Supreme Court case begins over President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, the right San Francisco native Wong Kim Ark fought for and won.
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Why is the Filipino American who co-founded the UFW with Cesar Chavez nearly forgotten? Larry Itliong and Filipino American farmworkers played a key role in the labor movement of the 1960s. My @sfchronicle.com Opinion newsletter www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
Why is the Filipino American who co-founded the UFW with Cesar Chavez nearly forgotten?
OPINION NEWSLETTER: What’s missing from the renewed discussion of the farmworker labor movement? In Open Forum, how schools are handling the deluge of deepfake sexual imagery of students.
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What Alysa Liu has in common with my failed job interview, and Emily Hoeven’s exclusive interview with S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie, today in @sfchronicle.com Opinion! www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
Why we love Alysa Liu, and an exclusive interview with S.F. Mayor Lurie
OPINION NEWSLETTER: Why Americans embrace Alysa Liu, and an exclusive interview with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie about the viral video of his security detail.
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There was a time when it was rare for sports and politics to mix. That time is long gone. This was evident from the moment in September when Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show headliner. My Opinion newsletter @sfchronicle.com
In the Bay Area, sticking to sports is impossible with Super Bowl LX
OPINION NEWSLETTER: The backlash over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show is part of the overflow of politics into sports.
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Divisions over who gets to be American and race are as wide as ever. Trump will eventually leave office, and even if the next president is a Democrat, can the divide be bridged? Read my @sfchronicle.com Opinion newsletter.
Trump takes his crusade against immigrants to an unprecedented level
OPINION: President Trump’s scapegoating of immigrants for the country’s problems is not new, and it deflects attention from what could make America greater, Harry Mok writes.
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There's a history behind the Asian American outrage over the acquittal of the murder charge in the killing of Vicha Ratanapadkee @sfchronicle.com
Manslaughter conviction for killing of ‘Grandpa Vicha’ provokes outrage in AAPI community. Here’s why
OPINION NEWSLETTER: The manslaughter conviction for the killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee was a painful reminder of the surge in anti-Asian hate that enveloped the country during the pandemic.
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#SanFrancisco Supervisor Alan Wong’s bid for a ballot measure to reopen the Great Highway to cars fails. Will this settle the matter? Read the Opinions newsletter @sfchronicle.com
There’s closure on reopening S.F.’s Great Highway, at least for a few months
OPINION NEWSLETTER: San Francisco Supervisor Alan Wong’s bid for a ballot measure to reopen the Great Highway to cars fails. Will this settle the matter?
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Sasanna Yee channels the anguish over her grandmother’s murder into something positive for Visatacion Valley, an often forgotten part of San Francisco. My latest @sfchronicle.com opinion column.
It took six years to get justice for her grandmother’s murder. A granddaughter tries to bring her community together
OPINION: Sasanna Yee channels the anguish over her grandmother’s murder into something positive for Visatacion Valley, an often forgotten part of San Francisco, Harry Mok writes.
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I interviewed new SF Supervisor Alan Wong. Read what he has to say about housing and whether to reopen the Great Highway to cars in my column, and take our poll about the Great Highway @sfchronicle.com shorturl.at/46hcQ
Will San Francisco’s newest supervisor try to reopen the Great Highway? Here’s what he says
New Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong has community support, and he checks the two most important boxes for Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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Stanford Dr. Bryant Lin is an expert on diseases unusually common among Asians — and a patient. He finds himself as a patient and an advocate in yet another vexing health care problem: insurance denials. My column @sfchronicle.com
He’s a leading expert in nonsmoker lung cancer. After he got the disease, insurance denied his treatment
OPINION: Stanford Dr. Bryant Lin is both a patient and an advocate in yet another vexing health care problem: insurance denials.
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In his weekly column, Emil Amok Guillermo discusses what Beya Alcaraz's short stint as San Francisco supervisor means for the Filipino community in the city. asamnews.com/2025/11/16/e...
Op-Ed: Beya Alcaraz and Mayor Daniel Lurie's failure – AsAmNews
by Emil Amok Guillermo I’m a San Franciscan in exile, so you’ll want to hear my perspective on the historic elimination of the first Filipino supervisor in San Francisco history. But first, my live on...
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SF Mayor Lurie swung for the fences and whiffed in appointing Beya Alcaraz as supervisor. My column in the SF Chronicle
Lurie’s Sunset supervisor pick was the biggest whiff of his political career. Now what?
OPINION: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” plan faces fierce opposition in the Sunset. Finding a candidate who supports it without drawing the ire of residents isn’t easy.
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SF Mayor Lurie swung for the fences and whiffed in appointing Beya Alcaraz as supervisor. My column in the SF Chronicle www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
Lurie’s Sunset supervisor pick was the biggest whiff of his political career. Now what?
OPINION: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” plan faces fierce opposition in the Sunset. Finding a candidate who supports it without drawing the ire of residents isn’t easy.
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President Trump’s misguided war on DEI is targeting programs at minority-serving institutions that help 1st generation & low-income college students across the country. My column @sfchronicle.com
The same group that sued Harvard on behalf of Asian Americans is now killing Bay Area college API programs
OPINION: President Trump’s misguided war on DEI is targeting programs at minority-serving institutions that help college students across the country, Harry Mok writes.
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Two Sunset District business owners say trying to reopen the Great Highway will prolong bitterness and divisiveness in the SF neighborhood @sfchronicle.com
We’re small business owners in the Sunset. Reopening the Great Highway is the last thing we need
OPINION: Some candidates hoping to replace Supervisor Joel Engardio are pledging to reopen the Great Highway and close Sunset Dunes park. That’s a mistake, Britt-Marie Alm and Poppy Gilman write.
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