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Community members urge support for SPD hiring bonuses

May 5, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly 2 Comments

By David Della, former Seattle City Councilmember Tony Au, President, Friends of Gee How Oak Tin Family Association Dr. Ming Xiao, small business owner, Chinatown-ID Anna Hau, small business owner and Seniors In Action, Chinatown-ID The Chinatown-International District (CID) is a historic and culturally rich neighborhood of small businesses and residents, many of us immigrants, […]

Filed Under: Commentaries, Last Week's Front Page Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 19 | MAY 7 - MAY 13

COMMENTARY: Opportunity for AANHPI small businesses greater than ever in WA

March 17, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For many entrepreneurs and small business owners from the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, the impacts of COVID have been devastating.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 12 | MARCH 19 - MARCH 25

COMMENTARY: Red envelopes for all Americans: Why Lunar New Year should be a federal holiday

February 10, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashley Chen For Northwest Asian Weekly Red envelopes are without a doubt my favorite part of being a child during Lunar New Year. Every year for the past 17 years, I’ve received a long red packet with golden Chinese characters printed on top, the perfect snug fit for the 200 yuan my grandparents gave […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 7 | FEBRUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 18

COMMENTARY: Getting asked, “Where are you really from?” is all too common in the AAPI community. It’s time to flip the script.

December 29, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jo-Ann Yoo and Curtis S. Chin There are more than 125,000 Asian Americans living in Seattle, and according to the U.S. Census, a record 22 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Yet, when we are inevitably asked the question, “Where […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 1 | JANUARY 1 - JANUARY 7

COMMENTARY: Asian food is not a panacea for Asian racism

September 2, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Like so many first-generation immigrant kids, my elementary and middle school years were plagued by an overwhelming desire to abandon my Chinese roots and embody the platonic ideal of an “American” kid.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 36 | SEPTEMBER 4 - SEPTEMBER 10

COMMENTARY: JACL statement on Afghan refugee crisis

August 26, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The scenes that have come out of Afghanistan in the last few days are all too familiar to many within the Asian American community, with many people noting the eerie similarity to images from the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Then, just as now, the United States has a duty to help those scared and […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 35 | AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 3

COMMENTARY: New shelter concerns

August 3, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The City of Seattle, in partnership with the Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT), will open a new 125-room, 24/7 “enhanced shelter” at the former Keiro nursing home site. 

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories

COMMENTARY: Asian American Studies at Bellevue College

June 17, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the article “Invisible Course at Bellevue College Highlights AAPI Advocacy,” published on June 10, 2021 by Northwest Asian Weekly, that highlights the exclusion of Asian American studies from the 2021-2022 Bellevue College (BC) annual class schedule, BC’s Interim President Gary Locke is found saying that the exclusion happened due to a “misunderstanding.”

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 25 | JUNE 19 - JUNE 25

COMMENTARY: To fight anti-Asian racism, we need to tell our stories

May 13, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I remember the exact moment I heard the news that the coronavirus had been traced to a city in China. My first thought was that it was just a matter of time before the scapegoating would begin.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 20 | MAY 15 - MAY 21

COMMENTARY: The big lie in Volunteer Park

May 13, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After George Floyd’s gruesome killing triggered a national reckoning about anti-Black violence, toxic legacies of slavery, and systemic racism, the recent massacre in Asian-operated businesses in Atlanta has broadened the debate to include endemic anti-Asian violence and hate in America.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 20 | MAY 15 - MAY 21

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