By Constance Wong Northwest Asian Weekly Farming is often regarded as a low-class occupation, which offers anything but excitement. In movies, a farmer is often herding cattle, wearing a cowboy […]
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Teen Talk Time: No adults allowed — A KCLS program allows ESL students to teach one another English, as well as how to update Facebook statuses
By Jean C Wong Northwest Asian Weekly For more than a decade, Richmond Beach Library has offered ESL classes, in addition to Talk Time for adults, helping people improve their […]
Is there plasticizer in your food? What is the FDA hiding?
By Ngoc Nguyen, Vivian Po, Summer Chiang New America Media More than three weeks after the Taiwanese government began a massive recall of tainted food products, the United States government […]
Editorial: Kim and Locke, good signs of things to come
According to the grapevine, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will be confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to China during the week of July 4. He is the first Chinese American […]
Nominations needed for the Asian American Pioneers Awards
Costly Afghan weddings under government scrutiny
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some brides in Afghanistan change their outfits up to 10 times. Throw in the six-hour trips to the beauty parlors and the meals for 1,000 guests — and one wedding alone could bankrupt many Afghans. …
16 Vietnamese kids, U.S. families in adoption limbo
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Marsha Sailors painted the nursery pink and green at her Missouri home, put up princess pictures and built a crib for her new little girl. They hadn’t yet met, but she already was in love with the smiling 6-month-old in a photo sent from Vietnam …
NCAA: No policy change on Indian sports nicknames
The NCAA won’t budge on a policy that will penalize the University of North Dakota for keeping its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname, association vice president Bob Williams said Friday …
Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War …
May 25: EDI benefit dinner raises more than $110,000
The Executive Development Institute (EDI) held its annual benefit dinner and auction, Inclusion Fusion, at Seattle’s SODO Park. Hosts for the benefit dinner were Dr. Sandra Madrid, from the University of […]
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