In the first week of February, more scandalous photos of Disney teen idol Miley Cyrus popped up on the Internet …
Archives for 2009
SOUND OFF: NYC garment workers win $600,000
On Feb. 12, garment workers celebrated a jury verdict that they say will put more than a half million dollars in the pockets of 25 workers and open the door for scores of others to be paid proper wages …
NWAW EDITORIAL: We’ll miss you, Ron
In 1986, when both Ron Sims and Bruce Laing were members of the County Council, they co-sponsored changing the name of King County …
COMMENTARY: Get educated on DTV or be left in the dark
June 12 is the new date when TV stations across the country are required to change from analog to digital signals …
LETTER: Thank you to the NWAW Foundation
On behalf of our client families at Family Services, I thank the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation …
SOUND OFF: Calif. state schools overhaul admissions policy
The University of California’s governing board last Thursday approved a major overhaul of its admissions policy that would expand the pool of undergraduate applicants but guarantee entry to fewer high-achieving students …
EDITORIAL: Businesses: Lunar New Year Celebration best CIDBIA event ever
When we heard that that the Chinatown-International District Business
Improvement Area (CIDBIA) wanted to bring its annual Lunar New Year
Celebration outside instead of housing it in King Street Station, our first
thought was: Hope it doesn’t rain that day …
SOUND OFF: Palestinian couple in Alabama fights deportation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An immigrant couple with six children are trying to block the government’s attempt to deport them and their oldest son from Alabama, arguing they are stateless Palestinians with nowhere else to go …
SOUND OFF: Sheriff speaks at white supremacist dinner
Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall was a guest speaker at a recent meeting of a white supremacist group …
LETTER: Stop blaming China for economic woes
The actions President Obama has taken in the first days of his office reinforce our audacity to hope that much needed change will take place to restore America’s historic place in the world.
But …