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BLOG: Creating futures for others, while breaking stereotypes

January 21, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Beyond her compassion, Yeung’s story has lessons on the pursuit of science, breaking stereotypes for girls, nurturing passions in unconventional hobbies, including building a homemade spacecraft, and more.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 4 | JANUARY 23 - JANUARY 29

BLOG: The COVID paradox—Why 2021 will be a lot harder than 2020

January 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Last year, I thought that Northwest Asian Weekly wouldn’t survive to see its 39th anniversary on Jan. 20, which also happens to be President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day. Some say I was smart to exploit a historical date for our inauguration issue. Nonsense. Thirty-nine years ago, I was just […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 3 | JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22

The Layup Drill

January 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Jackson He became the first known Chinese-born football player to score a touchdown in a Football Subdivision (FBS) game when he plowed his way into the endzone against rival Arizona this past December.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 3 | JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22

Book recommendations: Meeting and exceeding expectations

January 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Jameela Mirza has just been named features editor of her middle school newspaper—quite the honor for a seventh grader.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 3 | JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22

BLOG: The best and worst of 2020

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The year 2020 will be remembered for more than just the pandemic. How about recognition for the players in a year of contradiction and conflict, drama and anti-climaxes, the highs and lows during COVID? This helps us to understand the dynamics involved in 2020. It’s also a good way […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

BLOG: New Year’s resolutions: How to make myself feel better?

December 31, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Get a dog if you want to feel better, said a medical doctor. I agree, but I am not an animal lover… We never imagined 2020 to be a crazy year—turning the world upside down.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 1 | JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 8

NW Asian Weekly’s top 10 reads of 2020

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Well readers, another year has gone by and goodness, what a year it’s been. With most of our regular day-to-day activities now confined to our homes, escapism took on a whole new meaning. So here are my top 10 reads (in no particular order) that helped me — and hopefully, you — take a break from the reality that was 2020.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

BLOG: How to have holiday fun during a hard year

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s going to be hell for the next three months, some say, as COVID-19 deaths can spike up to as many as 500,000 after the holidays.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

A-pop’s 2020 hall of fame/shame—The brightest and the very worst—from a truly craptastic year

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Man, I can’t wait for 2020 to be over, too! Writing this roundup was kind of hard because the high points were hard to come by, the low points were plentiful, and everything—when it comes to Asian popular culture, constantly revolved around the pandemic and how every white person thinks that Asians are the problem. (Instead of white people’s pervasive racism being the problem.)

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

The Layup Drill

December 10, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In a 2003 Sports Illustrated article, Kim Ng, then an assistant general manager with the New York Yankees, was tapped as an individual that would one day be hired as a general manager in Major League Baseball.

Filed Under: Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 50 | DECEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 18

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