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Educators and activists lobby for ethnic studies

March 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Bryson Associated Press DENVER (AP) — When a Colorado teacher got her English language students talking and writing about the police shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Mo., she was able to draw parallels to events close to home. Cara Luchies, who works in a high school that is 50 percent [Latino], […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2016, Associated Press, Boulder County Latino History Project, Cara Luchies, Curtis Acosta, Hispanic Americans, John Kavanagh, Joseph Salazar, Luna Cervantes, Mexican Americans, San Francisco, Skyline High School, Tucson Mexican American, United States, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, language

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

Innovative census ads seek to boost minority participation

April 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Radio commercials blare ranchera tunes, beseeching Mexican Americans to fill out their census forms. Print ads with a portrait of a Thai family with a carved elephant in the background implore Thais to do the same. So does a Congolese basketball hero in another.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African Americans, Allied Media Corp, Arab American Institute Foundation, Caribbean Islands, Census Bureau, Census Project, Chinese American, Congolese American, Damien Reid, Dikembe Mutombo, East Asian-looking, Helen Hatab Samhan, Jalal Sayed, Mexican Americans, Phil Sparks, Raul Cisneros, Vol 29 No 16 | April 17 - April 23, West Indian, culture, language

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