Diane Tran worked two jobs. She worked full-time at a dry-cleaning business and part-time for a wedding planner, while juggling advanced course work in high school. So it shocked the […]
A word from our local podiatrist: Ensuring health includes tending to the problems with our feet
Dr. Jinwah John Hoy FOR NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY As a Chinese growing up in America, the concept of Western medicine was something to be feared. Doctors were too expensive, gave […]
EDITORIAL: 30 days in jail for Dharun Ravi, but what’s the lesson for us?
Lately, the take-away from the Dharun Ravi webcam case has been the 30 days of jail time that Ravi must serve as part of his sentence. Was this fair? Or […]
EDITORIAL: APIs must continue to speak out against cultural misrepresentations
We’ve seen it before: A company misuses an Asian word or symbol, a politician makes a derogatory comment on Asians in a campaign ad. Usually, these actions are followed by […]
COMMENTARY: A long look at Seattle’s sister city Chongqing amidst the Bo Xilai scandal
By Wendy Liu For Northwest Asian Weekly When Robert Kapp, founding executive director of the Washington State China Relations Council, first lobbied Governor Dixy Lee Ray for a state-to-province relationship […]
To the Editor:
Thanks for your recent article on Private Danny Chen and Asian Americans in the military. I just returned from a national meeting of OCA (Organization of Chinese Americans), where we […]
EDITORIAL: Trafficking demands attention on May Day
Our recent International Workers’ Day was not without incident. And no, we’re not talking about the broken windows and rioting. We’re talking about an event that was overshadowed by those […]
EDITORIAL: We are what we eat, but what do our laws say about that?
While the saying goes that the heart of the home is the kitchen, the heart of the community is the market. This is certainly the case in Asia with their […]
COMMENTARY: Inarticulate immigrants and the language of guns
By Andrew Lam New American Media Mr. One L. Goh, 43, an immigrant from Korea who allegedly shot and killed seven people at a school in Oakland and wounded five […]
EDITORIAL: Dr. Jim Yong Kim did it. What’s your excuse?
Dr. Jim Yong Kim defied the odds and became the first Asian American to head the World Bank. Despite his achievements as a physician, global health expert, and president of […]
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