WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 1050 on Dec. 12, the Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bipartisan legislation — […]
Sentencing in attack on Sikh cab driver
SEATTLE — On Dec. 14, a man was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to attacking a taxi driver last year. Swarn Singh, 53, is Sikh American […]
APDC meets with API legislators
By Jessica Kai CurryNorthwest Asian Weekly At December’s Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC) meeting, five API legislators took questions on issues relevant to the API community for the 2019 legislative […]
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act remembered
By Janine GatesReprinted with permission from janineslittlehollywood.blogspot.comEdited for space and brevity It was a day of intensely personal and poignant storytelling at an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the […]
Happy Holidays! We should all be afraid of China – A-pop! All things Asian-y in popular culture!
By Stacy NguyenNorthwest Asian Weekly I think because we Americans are all a little self-centered, we don’t realize that if we got caught in a knife fight with China, we […]
Top 10 Asian American athletes of 2018
By Jason CruzNorthwest Asian Weekly As we close out 2018, we take a look back at the year in sports and the many great performances. The Winter Olympics and World […]
2018 Breakthrough: Awkwafina of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
By LINDSEY BAHRAP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Awkwafina became a household name this summer, stealing scenes from the likes of Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock in the heist […]
LETTER: Washington’s Vietnamese legislators decry Trump actions
As the first Vietnamese American elected state legislators, we are outraged by the current administration’s attempt to re-negotiate the 2008 Memo of Understanding between the United States and Vietnam. This […]
Top 10 local stories in 2018 affecting or involving AAPIs
Compiled by Ruth BayangNorthwest Asian Weekly 1. We now have two new State Senators of color — Joe Nguyen and Mona Das. Nguyen won the 34th District, becoming the state’s […]