She’s brassy. She’s bold. She’s Asian American. Her home is a sanctuary for rescued animals and neighborhood birds (28 bird feeders so far).
Tan defeats Williams at Wimbledon in 1st match in a year
Serena Williams began—and ended—her comeback at Wimbledon on June 28, after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed in just that long. She missed shots, shook her head, rolled her eyes.
Female referee at men’s World Cup wants the game to shine
Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pele or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.”
Open Letter to Sound Transit
June 29, 2022 E-Distributed to emailtheboard@soundtransit.org re: Removal of Sound Transit Train Route Alternatives Adjacent/Through Chinatown ID Dear Sound Transit Board Chair University Place Rep. Kent Keel, Vice Chair King […]
Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil
Naomi Kawase, the director of the official film of the Tokyo Olympics, acknowledged she was taken aback at first about her assignment.
South Korean pianist is youngest winner of Van Cliburn International Competition
An 18-year-old from South Korea has won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the top showcases for the world’s best pianists.
Duterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president
Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath on June 19 as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her father’s human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down.
Nguyen to face Raffensperger for Georgia secretary of state
Georgia Democrats chose state Rep. Bee Nguyen as their nominee for secretary of state, a position that assumed new importance after former President Donald Trump cast doubt on Georgia’s 2020 election results by making false claims of widespread voter fraud.
Starting off on The Good Foot — Local organization educates youth on healthy relationships
In 2005, about 30 young artists gathered in the basement of a Seattle home. They shared a vision of starting a more positive hip-hop scene for young people—wanting a scene with more purpose than what was there at the time.
Off the (pi) charts!
Emma Haruka Iwao started programming when she was in elementary school. Now, she’s broken the world record for computing the most digits of pi—twice.
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