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 …
NWAW EDITORIAL: Buzzword for new presidency: cyber transparency
It was like someone threw on a switch at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 20. That was the moment www.whitehouse.gov flipped from being George W. Bush’s Web site to Obama’s site. The face-lift was noticeable …
COMMENTARY: Seattle School District in the wrong, only hurting immigrant and refugee students
Since 1980, the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (SBOC) has served immigrant and refugee students who have recently arrived in Seattle speaking little or no English. This school’s future is unclear…
NWAW editorial: We mourn big losses within our industry
In the past two weeks, there have been two news items that have rattled us …
Letter: Gaza article doesn’t tell the whole story
I’m not sure why Northwest Asian Weekly, as a periodical primarily serving
East Asians, felt the compelling need to wade into the Israeli–Palestinian
dispute …
Letter: Richardson’s withdrawal erases nothing
I have been among those that objected to the nomination of Gov. Bill Richardson as the next secretary of commerce …
NWAW Editorial: Let’s make our ID more visible in 2009
We know it’s easy to let generic New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside, but this resolution is no diet plan or get-rich scheme …