On Sept. 13, I, along with my colleague Randy J. Aliment, accompanied Gov. Chris Gregoire on a trade mission to China and Vietnam in an effort
Blog: No, no, no to mayor’s budget
Don’t ever say that Asian Americans are politically passive. If you had attended the Seattle City Council hearing on Oct. 26, you would have been surprised to
Blog: Chao campaigned for Rossi in the ID
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao campaigned for senatorial candidate Dino Rossi last Friday, raising more than $30,000.
Blog: Response to NW Asian Weekly’s ID food stamp fraud coverage
It’s unusual that I respond to a letter to the editor. I decided to do so this time regarding the story of food stamps fraud in the International District.
Letter: Recognizing Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag is divisive
Mayor Mike McGinn’s decision to recognize the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag is an act of signal divisiveness masquerading as a public relations overture
Letter: In a tough economy, graduates need a different attitude
In your article that appeared in the Oct. 7–15 issue, “On the economic downturn: a recent graduate’s experience,” [it appears that] the individual is spoiled.
Letter: Restore funding to the IDEC
If the mayor really wants to make an impact in the Chinatown/International District community, he should restore the funding in the proposed budget to the International District Emergency Center
Would a state income tax benefit or hurt ethnic communities?
Lately, television airwaves have been bombarded with commercials about whether Washington residents will be burdened with a state income tax. The commercials urge voters to take a stand.
1st API female doctor to three U.S. presidents speaks on honoring Filipino roots
Her memories of being a girl who could enter a vice admiral’s house only through the back door with her father, Angel Mariano, are still fresh.
At the Burke, a myriad of colors and textures are woven into layers of meaning
Traditional weaving has become an endangered art because, as stated in a Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture press release, in the past 150 years,