Introducing our October digital cover star, #HasanMinhaj. The comedian and actor felt the wrath of the Internet and lost a career-defining job amid the controversy. Now he’s back with a YouTube interview series, a Netflix special, and a fresh perspective. https://t.co/IKz9JlWiOR pic.twitter.com/FUtp20LHmA
- Esquire (@esquire) September 25, 2024
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Artists4Ceasefire is a Oxfam and ActionAid USA supported petition signed by many people whose names you'll find on ONTD (positive or negative) calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as we're witnessing untold horror after untold horror and the death toll of Palestineans has risen above 8,000. It's a sobering statistic that elected officials in the U.S. ( Read more... )

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Follow up to this post, Hasan responds on his YouTube channel to the article that alleged he fabricated racist experiences in his stand-up and publicly humiliated a former classmate who turned him down for a date to the prom at his comedy show ( Read more... )

In his comedy, Hasan Minhaj tells harrowing stories about experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. This week, Minhaj acknowledged, for the first time, that many of the anecdotes he related in his Netflix specials were untrue.https://t.co/uVqMov8L7K
- The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 15, 2023
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Hasan Minhaj's newest comedy special, the King's Jester, was just released on Netflix on Oct 4. In the special, he jokes that Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, follows him on Instagram but that he doesn't follow her back. This eventually came to Malala's attention prompting the below exchanges between the two via Instagram, which Priyanka ( Read more... )

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The final episode of Patriot Act's first 2020 cycle uncovers the complex and predatory industry around filing taxes in America. They explore how companies like TurboTax make tax filing difficult and costly and created a site for how to file taxes for free called TurboTax Sucks Ass.

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Netflix's Patriot Act upload two extended interviews with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Minhaj and Ellison discussed prosecuting George Floyd's murderers and systemic racism in American policing, while AOC and Minhaj talked about the progress of the Green New Deal in Congress. (Note: the AOC ( Read more... )

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Hasan Minhaj has been on a roll covering the troubling decline of local newspapers in America and whether a college degree is worth pursuing amid a pandemic and how they treat the people who work there.

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OP Note: I'm extremely mad at my undergrad alma mater's treatment of grad students.

Hasan Minhaj posted a 12-minute video on Patriot Act's YouTube channel speaking directly to the Asian community to call on them to speak out (and vote) in support of Black Lives Matter and fighting against anti-Black racism within Asian communities.

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• Police responding to protests against police brutality with more police brutality
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Hasan Minhaj on the importance of 'Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle' Watch the full conversation here: https://t.co/qANlidIlmf pic.twitter.com/m3FaxfscsZ
- Variety (@Variety) May 26, 2020
-In honor of Asian and Pacific American Heritage month Variety held a discussion with top actors and directors ( Read more... )