By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Jeremy Lin, the first Chinese American to play in the NBA, will appear in the NBA Finals. The guard for the Toronto Raptors will face […]
Betty Patu resigns from Seattle School Board
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Longtime community leader and educator Betty Patu announced her resignation from the Seattle School Board. Patu, who moved to Seattle from American Samoa as a […]
API CEOs challenge model minority myth
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Whenever Linda Akutagawa would meet someone in a professional setting, she found they almost always assumed she was extremely smart. “On the one hand, […]
EDITORIAL: 4th or 5th Avenue light-rail station?
It promises to be more disruptive than the construction of the First Hill streetcar. On May 23, elected leaders on the regional transit board voted on May 23 to keep […]
Bruce Harrell is UW Bothell Commencement speaker
Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell has been selected to be the 2019 University of Washington (UW) Bothell commencement speaker. The UW graduate and former Husky football player will address […]
2019 Asian Hall of Fame inductees
The Robert Chinn Foundation welcomed four people to the Class of 2019 Asian Hall of Fame. The annual event, held on May 11 at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel, honored Filipino […]
Plymouth Housing chooses sculpture created by artists with ID ties
A sculpture created by Asian American artists Louis Chinn (Jyun Jyun) and Huangmeng Yu (MissTANGQ) has been selected as the permanent public art project at Plymouth Housing’s new building in […]
Marchesa donates “Crazy Rich Asians” gown
Marchesa is donating the iconic blue dress that Constance Wu wore in the film “Crazy Rich Asians” to the National Museum of American History. The dress was presented on May […]
Asian Americans push for Smithsonian gallery of their own
By JANIE HAR Associated Press The Smithsonian’s initiative on documenting Asians in America started humbly enough two decades ago, with a borrowed exhibit in a borrowed museum wing and a […]
California governor pardons Cambodian ex-refugees facing deportation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two former Cambodian refugees facing deportation for crimes committed as young adults were among seven people granted clemency on May 13 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
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