By Malcolm Ritter and Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may […]
Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories)
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Creating content around Thanksgiving for an Pan-Asian newspaper is unexpectedly difficult. After all, there’s only so many times we can run the same old, […]
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2012 H-1B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2012. […]
International Special Review District election results
The annual election for the International Special Review District Board was held on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Three positions were up for election this year. The results are as follows: Joann […]
Report released about how budget cuts are increasing racial disparities
Today, Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN) released a report titled, “Facing Race: How Budget Cuts are Increasing Racial Disparities.” Community members, faith leaders, and members of the state legislature […]
Please take off your shoes when you enter my house (for Thanksgiving!)
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Yeah, a Thanksgiving article about etiquette is pretty exciting and cutting-edge stuff. But before <!–more–>you run away, ask yourself, “What would I do if […]
Our top 10 burning questions with Dianne Chong
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Dianne Chong is vice president of Assembly, Factory & Support Technology in the Boeing <!–more–>Engineering, Operations & Technology organization. Prior to this, she was […]
Our top 10 burning questions with Paul Killpatrick
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Dr. Paul Killpatrick is president of Seattle Central Community College and vice chancellor <!–more–>for district-wide student services for Seattle Community Colleges. Previously, he was […]
Our top 10 burning questions with Sue Anderson
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Sue Anderson is CenturyLink’s vice president and general manager (VP/GM) <!–more–>for the Seattle Metro area. Prior to being named VP/GM, she oversaw Network Operations […]
Former Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton passes away
By Stacy Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Former Seattle Mayor Gordon S. Clinton passed away last Saturday afternoon. He had recently suffered a stroke. He was 91 years old. Clinton was […]