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Ex-security czar Zhou under investigation

August 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party announced an investigation into a feared ex-security chief

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Bringing Zhou, Brookings Institution, CNPC, China National Petroleum Corp, Chinese, Ding Xueliang, Li Datong, Liu Han, Politburo Standing Committee, Vol 33 No 32 | August 2 - August 8, Wang Qishan, Zhang Lifan, Zhou Bin, Zhou Yongkang

Asian students dominate international tests

December 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kimerly Hefling AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Teens from Asian nations dominated a global exam given to 15-year-olds, while U.S. students showed little improvement and failed to reach the top 20 in math, science, or reading, according to test results released Tuesday.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, America Achieves, Brookings Institution, China, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Finland, Hong Kong, Jack Buckley, Jon Schnur, OECD, PISA, Peru, Poland, Report Card, South Korea, Tom Loveless, United States, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13

US whites fall to minority in under-5 age group

June 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — In a first, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, reflecting sweeping changes by race and class among young people.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Brookings Institution, Census Bureau, College Board, Europe, President Barack Obama, SAT, Social Security, Thomas Mesenbourg, Timothy Smeeding, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28, WASHINGTON, poverty

Illegal immigration drops after decade of growth

December 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — New census data released Thursday, Dec. 6 affirms a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, Brookings Institution, Census Bureau, Define American, Fewer Mexican, Foreign-born Asians, House Republicans, Jeffrey Passel, Latin Americans, Mark Mather, Mexico, National Asian American Survey, New York, Population Reference Bureau, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, Senate Democrats, United States, Vol 31 No 51 | December 15 - December 21, WASHINGTON

American electorate growing more diverse

November 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nancy Benac and Connie Cass The Associated Press WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — It’s not just the economy, stupid. It’s the demographics — the changing face of America.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Alicia Perez, Ask Hispanics, Associated Press News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius, Brookings Institution, Democrat Bill Clinton, Hope Yen, House Democratic, House Speaker John Boehner, Howard University, Nancy Pelosi, New Western, Pew Research Center, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Roderick Harrison, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23

Urban U.S. Chinatowns shrink back as Asians head to the suburbs

January 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen and Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s historic Chinatowns, home for a century to immigrants seeking social support and refuge from racism, are fading as rising living costs, jobs elsewhere, and a desire for wider spaces lure Asian Americans more than ever to the suburbs.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, Brookings Institution, Chinese, Daniel Lichter, Dim Sum, Gold Rush, Los Angeles Chinatown, Monterey Park, New York, Newport Beach, North Carolina, Ralph Lee, Sunset Park, United States, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3, Wei Li

Report: Asian Americans grow beyond coastal hubs

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amy Taxin The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asian Americans have seen their ranks swell over the past decade not only in coastal immigrant enclaves, but also in new places such as the southwestern states of Texas and Nevada, according to a report released last week by a coalition of Asian American organizations.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Advancing Justice, African Americans, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Brookings Institution, Census, Dan Ichinose, Deepa Iyer, Karin Wang, New York, Report Asian Americans, South Asian Americans Leading Together, South Asians, United States, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11, technology

Editorial: The next Supreme Court justice an Asian American? Unlikely

April 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, Justice John Paul Stevens, known by many as the “most liberal” justice, announced that he will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court this summer. He will be 90 years old on April 20.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, Asian American Supreme Court, Brookings Institution, Goodwin Liu, Huffington Post, Justice John Paul Stevens, Last Monday, President Obama, United States, Vol 29 No 16 | April 17 - April 23, White House, culture

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