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Keeping the name but changing the meaning — How King County changed its own history and honored MLK

January 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When researching the history of King County, it gave our staff the shivers. The historical documents reveal a beautiful tribute to a beautiful man.

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Civil Rights Act, James Street, John Quincy Adams, King County Courthouse, MLK, Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize, PASSED, Reverend Dr, Seattle, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, Voting Rights Act, WASHINGTON, WHEREAS

Immigration bill faces uncertain future in House

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The immigration debate is shifting to the Republican-led House, where lawmakers have shown little appetite for the large-scale, comprehensive approach their Senate colleagues embraced last week.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Bob Goodlatte, Democratic-controlled Senate, Fox News Sunday, GOP, House Democratic, House Judiciary Committee, House Speaker John Boehner, Luis Gutierrez, NBC, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Republican-led House, Speaker Boehner, Trey Gowdy, United States, Virginia Republican, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, WASHINGTON

Bangladesh trade privileges suspended over safety

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced June 27 the suspension of U.S. trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global garment industry’s worst accident earlier this year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aminul Islam, Bangladesh, European Union, Foreign Ministry, GSP, Joe Crowley, Obama, Robert Menendez, Senate Democrats, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, South Asian, Trade Representative Mike Froman, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, WASHINGTON, World Trade Organization

Nominee: US opposes China bullying in China sea

June 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The nominee to become the top U.S. diplomat in East Asia delivered pointed comments about China in his confirmation hearing June 20, saying there’s no place for “coercion and bullying” in the region’s seas.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese, Danny Russel, East Asian, Kurt Campbell, North Korea, Philippines, President Barack Obama, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, State John Kerry, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, WASHINGTON, White House, japan

Senate backs Froman as next trade representative

June 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Abrams The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) _ Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative on June 19.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific, Chile, Colombia, Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, Elizabeth Warren, Foreign Relations, Harvard Law School, Michael Froman, Peru, President Barack Obama, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Trans Pacific Partnership, United States, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, WASHINGTON, West Virginia, White House

Immigration bill could decide 2016, senator says

June 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Republicans’ hopes to reclaim the White House in the 2016 elections hinge on whether they support — or sabotage — the immigration overhaul being debated in the Senate, two lawmakers who helped write the proposal warn.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2016, ABC, CNN, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, NBC, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican Party, Republican-led House, Robert Menendez, Social Security, Vol 32 No 26 | June 22 - June 28, WASHINGTON, White House

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

Senator: Immigration bill to pass by beginning of July

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system predicted on June 2 that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would write their own version, one piece at a time.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chuck Schumer, Congressman Boehner, Florida Republican, Fox News Sunday, House Republicans, NBC, New York, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Republican-led House, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Immigration, Speaker John Boehner, United States, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, WASHINGTON

US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American

May 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington and Sam Kim The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The United States called May 3 for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, Democratic People, Euna Lee, Jay Carney, Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong-un, Laura Ling, North Korean, Patrick Cronin, Patrick Ventrell, Russia, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17, WASHINGTON, White House

Obama signs expanded Violence Against Women Act

March 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama signed expanded protections for domestic violence victims into law Thursday, March 7, renewing a measure credited with curbing attacks against women a year and a half after it lapsed amid partisan bickering.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Attorney General Eric Holder, Darlene Superville, Diane Millich, House Speaker John Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Justice Department, Linda Fairstein, Native Americans, New York County, Obama, Senate Democrats, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Violence Against Women Act, Vol 32 No 12 | March 16 - March 22, WASHINGTON, attention

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