[On Aug. 8], I managed a visit to beloved Chinatown after several years in a Pittsburgh college. I came by train. I went by the antique shop in Canton Alley […]
Artistry arising from the incarceration of Japanese Americans — A hard subject on display at the White River Valley Museum
The concentration camps at Minidoka and Tule Lake, where Japanese American families would live for the next four years, were hot and dusty. Communal bathrooms were filthy and had no partitions.
Awesome books with strong female characters
Evie Tanaka has one of the most difficult jobs in San Francisco.
UW graduate co-produced a film portraying the Battle of Inchon featuring Liam Neeson
“Seattle, compared to different cities, is clean and safe.
Washington’s AAPI communities gather to celebrate and grow civic voice
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly On Aug. 12, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in Washington State and throughout the nation gathered to take part in a webcast of a […]
After new stations open Sound Transit sees crowded trains
SEATTLE (AP) — Sound Transit, which for years ran light-rail trains that were too empty, now has cramped passengers clamoring for more railcars. The Seattle Times reports that about 65,000 […]
Author seeks descendants of Ship Canal workers from 1800s
By David B. Williams The Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks will officially be 100 years old on July 4, 2017. But their story begins on another […]
Task force on police use of deadly force – set to implode or find common ground?
Police accountability. It’s “the civil rights issue of our time,” said Toshiko Hasegawa during a phone interview.
Niraj Shah’s FirstTwo offers “safer and smarter” intelligence for law enforcement
At a time when there is so much controversy over police incidents, Niraj proposes a solution for officers to become “safer and smarter.” Today, he is building his fifth startup, Seattle-based technology company, FirstTwo.
Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas’ rivalry
Nothing is ever easy for the rival Koreas, even that most ubiquitous and usually innocent of Olympic interactions, the selfie.