For its third straight meeting, Seattle’s Public Safety Committee listened to dissent against proposed pieces of legislation from a majority of public commenters—one of whom brought a detailed opposition letter from Seattle Solidarity Budget, signed by 60 organizations and 431 individuals—and voted unanimously to pass them, anyway, at its Sept. 24 meeting.
Allen Family Foundation releases $9 million-plus in grants, Chinatown to Belltown
COVID-19, economic uncertainty, Seattle’s ongoing homelessness crisis, and communities affected by drug addiction struggles converged over the last few years, resulting in hard times for Seattle’s downtown arts scene over the past several years.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new Marxist president?
Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago.
A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees’ languages more accessible. Will AI help?
They may be Tigrinya speakers fleeing the authoritarian Eritrean government’s indefinite military service policy.
For making racist comments, law professor suspended for one year with half pay
On Sept. 23, University of Pennsylvania tenured law professor Amy Wax, 71, was suspended. The ruling was made by a five-member faculty committee, which reviewed her record of “flagrantly unprofessional conduct.”
Thailand’s adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes
Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable.
Biden signs proclamation on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions for this week
This week, President Joe Biden proclaimed September 23 through September 29, 2024, as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Week.
Seattle-Based National Asian Pacific Center on Aging gets $10M job-training grant
On Sept. 20, it was announced the Seattle-based National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) will receive a $10,091,442 federal grant to continue operating its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
Bonsai expert Robert Cho shares his knowledge and love of bonsai
As a young married man in Hong Kong, Robert Cho did what many enterprising young men do—he decided to open his own business.
Huge python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed
BANGKOK (AP) — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.
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