In the face of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic’s third year, the Chinatown-International District (CID) in Seattle grapples with profound challenges to public safety, a surge in homelessness, and an alarming increase in anti-Asian hate crimes.
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Gay couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to officially register same-sex marriage in the country
A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status.

In the U.S., Hmong ‘new year’ recalls ancestral spirits while teaching traditions to new generations
For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.

TV veteran Lori Matsukawa pens ‘Brave Mrs. Sato’ — A tale of heritage and generational wisdom
For nearly 40 years, she told everyone else’s stories. Now, with a children’s book under her arm, and a memoir to come, retired KING 5 anchor Lori Matsukawa is telling her own story.

“The Marvels”: South Asian and intergalactic family values
“The Marvels,” concerning a trio of Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroines, comes to us written by three women—director Nia DaCosta, plus Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.