President Joe Biden announced on Nov. 24 that he is nominating Nani Coloretti to serve as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). If confirmed by the […]
Chew recognized by PRSA
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)’s Puget Sound Chapter has named the recipients of its 2021 professional awards, and Ron Chew received its Hugh Smith Community Service Award. This […]
BTS stamp their authority on American Music Awards
South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Nov. 21. The band was also named favorite pop duo or group and got […]
Ohtani is AL MVP
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels was announced as the American League’s Most Valuable Player on Nov. 18. Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player honored. The other was the […]
Community members demand that Sawant gets recalled
Chinese community members hold a rally in support of recalling Kshama Sawant on Nov. 28 at the intersection of S. Jackson St. and Rainier Ave. S. (Photo by Tony Au)
After 4 years as pawn in US–China game, Seattle man is finally home
The Seattle resident was barred from leaving despite having committed no crime. Then in November, just four days before a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Hsu was told to prepare to go home. He had less than 48 hours.
Tea shop set on fire
The owner of Vital T Leaf said someone set fire to his shop on Nov. 27. Ben Chen told the Northwest Asian Weekly, “Almost every other night, there were homeless […]
Miyazaki is a BAMF and new ‘Avatar’ seems to have learned from M. Night Shyamalan’s sins
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In this column, we will revisit the past a few times in order to understand the context of the present. I know that sounds […]
Defund Sesame Street!
I had no idea that Sesame Street was such a subversive, government-controlled, woke monster designed at brainwashing our children at the most impressionable period of their lives.