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EDITORIAL: We support Cornell students in their demand for Asian American studies major

March 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This week, students are banding together, calling themselves Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA) at Cornell University, and demanding that Asian American Studies, Latino/a Studies, and American Indian studies are offered as majors by the end of 2016. The campaign, thus far, involves a student assembly meeting scheduled March 10, a petition of support, and […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, APAA, American Indians, Asian American Studies Program, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Black Americans, Casey Breznick, China, Cornell Review, Cornell University, Latino Americans, culture, letter

Court to consider preservation of judge’s racist emails

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Brown Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the judiciary are due in federal court Tuesday for arguments over whether hundreds of racist emails from Montana’s former Chief U.S. District Judge should be preserved as potential evidence in future lawsuits. Attorneys for the judiciary are seeking to dismiss […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, American Indians, Associated Press, Attorney Neill Tseng, BILLINGS, California Civil Rights Law Group, Circuit Court, Clifford Birdinground, Crow Indian Tribe, District Judge, Judge Richard Cebull, Judicial Council, President Barack Obama, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Top dads help raise money for diabetes research

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly About 9 percent of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2014 statistics report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Health Tagged With: 2012, 2014, African Americans, American Diabetes Association, American Indians, Asian Indians, CDC, Census Bureau, Day Council, Disease Control, Eli Lilly, Hispanics Latinos, Nate Miles, Nathaniel Nate Miles, Pacific Islanders, Providence Health Services, United States, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Nonwhites have more high blood pressure

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jae Hong, MD, Summit Cardiology, UW Northwest Hospital It’s hard to believe, but today, about 76.4 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with high blood pressure. Some studies have shown that Asian Americans, along with African Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians and native Hawaiians are at a greater risk of high […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2014, African Americans, American Heart Association, American Indians, Asian Americans, Health Equity, International District Chinatown Community Center, Jae Hong, Mexican Americans, NAPCA, Nancy Lee, Nelson Tang, Seattle, Senior Wellness Fair, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Wendy Zheng

No high court action on voting rights law

November 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Sherman and Jay Reeves The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African Americans. Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bush Justice Department, Chief Justice John Roberts, Circuit Judge David Tatel, Circuit Judge Stephen Williams, Ernest Montgomery, Republican-led Congress, Shelby County, South Carolina, Supreme Court, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9, Voting Rights Act, WASHINGTON

Texas out to save ‘discriminatory’ voter ID maps

September 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Paul J. Weber The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On Election Day in Texas, the mere act of voting would have been fresh flexing of Republican power: Show a photo ID, then cast a ballot in a political district likely drawn to favor GOP candidates.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, GOP, Gary Bledsoe, ID, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Rick Hasen, Rick Perry, Royal Masset, State Attorney General Greg Abbott, Supreme Court, Texas Gov, Texas House, Texas Legislature, Texas Republican, Trey Martinez Fischer, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Voting Rights Act

EDITORIAL: Misguided diversity not acceptable

September 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Earlier this week on the Berkeley campus of the University of California (UC), a Republican student group organized a bake sale that elicited cries of anger and heated debate before the event. The group asked students to pay different prices for the baked goods, depending on their race and/or gender. A white male would have […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2011, American Indians, Asian Americans, Senate Bill, UC, Vol 30 No 40 | October 1 - October 7, letter

Cross-Pacific neighbors touch hands for first time

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On March 12, a delegation of American Indians and representatives of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture traveled to Hokkaido, Japan, visiting four different regions, in an effort to support the revitalization of cultural heritage of the Ainu, who were formally recognized by Japan’s government in 2008 as Japan’s indigenous people.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Ainu Box, Ainu Burke Box, American Indians, Barbara Aoki Poisson, Burke Museum, Kurile Islands, Native Americans, Neah Bay, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippa Fogarty, Sakhalin Island, Seattle, Squaxin Island, Two Ainu, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, culture, japan, language

NWAW EDITORIAL: We need to embrace diversity more

March 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Growing up in the 1950s, Mexican feminist and author Gloria Anzaldua wrote about how when she was in school, speaking Spanish was not allowed, and if she spoke a word of it on the playground, she would be punished, sometimes physically…

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: American Indians, Asian Americans, Gloria Anzaldua, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, United States, culture

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