As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) made up 7.7 percent of the population of Washington state. We previously had only three AAPI state senators—Bob Hasegawa, Steve Hobbs, and Manka Dhingra, making up 6 percent of the state senate. After the recent election, and thanks to the victories of Joe […]
EDITORIAL: Election aftermath
The 2018 elections featured historic turnout thanks to a president who drove both parties to the polls. The midterms were massive in both raw vote totals and participation rates. According to the Associated Press, an estimated 113 million Americans went to the polls Nov. 6, the highest total for a non-presidential election in U.S. history […]
EDITORIAL: Use your voice — vote
King county is seeing a rise in ballots already mailed in. As of the morning of Oct. 31, the King County Elections Office reported receiving more than 411,000 ballots. By comparison, during the 2016 presidential election, there were about 420,000 ballots turned in in King County, at the point. The King County Elections Office attributes […]
Endorsements for 2018 general election
FEDERAL U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell U.S. House of Representatives Suzan DelBene, 1st Congressional District Pramila Jayapal, 7th Congressional District Kim Schrier, 8th Congressional District Adam Smith, 9th Congressional District STATE State Senate Immaculate Ferreria, District 31 Joe Nguyen, District 34 Rebecca Saldaña, District 37 Savio Pham, District 38 Manka Dhingra, District 45 Mona Das, District […]
EDITORIAL: Seattle mourns its true son
Best known as the owner of the Seattle Seahawks and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen died on Oct. 15. He was 65 years old. Just two weeks ago, Allen announced that the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he was treated for in 2009 had returned. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called Allen’s contributions to the company, community, and […]
EDITORIAL: Kavanaugh confirmed, sad day for America
Oct. 6 was a sad day for America. On Oct. 6, members of the U.S. Senate voted 50 to 48 — almost entirely along party lines — to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. In a statement, Asian Americans Advancing Justice called the confirmation “an affront to the impartial judicial system that […]
EDITORIAL: Trump roadblock to green card
Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an upcoming proposed policy that threatens to deny green cards or permanent legal residency to immigrants who use public benefits, such as housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — commonly known as “food stamps” — and many more. According to […]
EDITORIAL: Justice served? No. Martin Pang should not be released from prison early
On this week’s front page, we ran a story about the release of Martin Pang, an arsonist who set fire to his parents’ Chinatown building on Jan. 5, 1995 to collect insurance money. That blaze led to the deaths of four Seattle firefighters when they broke through a false floor and fell to the basement. […]
EDITORIAL: Cartoon sparks outrage
Racism, sexism, and double standards. Mark Knight, the editorial cartoonist for the News Corp-owned Herald Sun in Melbourne, Australia, takes the cake for all three. Knight sparked outrage worldwide for his controversial cartoon on Sept. 10, depicting Serena Williams as a toddler having a tantrum, stomping her racket — a pacifier on the court by […]
EDITORIAL: Support the fight against discriminatory admissions practices
The Department of Justice (DOJ) offered a public show of support last week for Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) in its lawsuit against Harvard for what SFFA calls anti-Asian discrimination. A filing in the ongoing Massachusetts case is the Trump administration’s most significant entry into the debate over affirmative action and sets up a fight […]
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