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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

COMMENTARY: The fight against anti-Asian hate must include fighting economic racism

May 6, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shomya Tripathy For Northwest Asian Weekly This past year, the Asian community has experienced a heightened level of racism, violence, and harassment. As a result, community members are rightfully fearful of the physical violence they might encounter on the street, at the workplace, or in their homes. As we honor victims and survivors of […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 19 | MAY 8 - MAY 14

COMMENTARY: An anthology for our times

April 15, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mike Dillon For Northwest Asian Weekly A few weeks after the Biden inauguration, a Japanese American friend was accosted in an Everett pharmacy by two fellows who told him to go back home. In his case, that would have meant the small town in eastern Washington where he grew up. These Covid-scapegoating days remind […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 16 | APRIL 17-APRIL 23

COMMENTARY: Your climate and air depend on clean fuels

April 8, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By State Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, Sam Cho, Port of Seattle Commissioner, and Rich Stolz, Executive Director of OneAmerica For Northwest Asian Weekly Our country is in the midst of a long overdue reckoning with racial injustices and systemic inequality. While those issues have finally moved to the front of our collective focus, environmental justice and […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 15 | APRIL 10 - APRIL 16

COMMENTARY: An urgent call for citywide dialogue to address our city’s recovery and future

April 8, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last summer, a diverse group of Seattleites came together out of deep concerns over the serious issues facing our city. We are long overdue to finding solutions to put us on the right track and to our great city’s full potential. We have endured a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, complete with home lockdowns, […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 15 | APRIL 10 - APRIL 16

COMMENTARY: JPMorgan Chase exec addresses recent anti-Asian violence

April 1, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As the world confronts the current pandemic, our society finds itself dealing with another alarming issue: COVID-19-related biases that are leading to attacks on the Asian community.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 14 | APRIL 3 - APRIL 9

COMMENTARY: The legacy of anti-Asian racism today

April 1, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

My mother, Rose Kobata, was 9 years old in 1942 when U.S. government agents seized the thriving Seattle flower shop that sustained my grandparents and their eight children.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 14 | APRIL 3 - APRIL 9

COMMENTARY: Asian Americans’ awakening

April 1, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The ruthless and senseless killing of eight people—including six women of Asian descent in Georgia on March 16—touched the nerves and ignited deep anger inside Asians in the U.S. Through heavy rain, 3,000 people attended the Stop Asian Hate Rally in Seattle just four days after the shooting.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 14 | APRIL 3 - APRIL 9

COMMENTARY: Words matter—Statement on anti-Asian hate from Mukilteo’s police chief

April 1, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

My family and I emigrated from Korea a little over four decades ago. I spent my childhood growing up in the eastside of Tacoma, always being the only “Asian kid” at school and in the neighborhood.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, CHEOL KANG, VOL 40 NO 14 | APRIL 3 - APRIL 9

COMMENTARY: Your Climate and Air Depend on Clean Fuels

March 30, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Our country is in the midst of a long overdue reckoning with racial injustices and systemic inequality. While those issues have finally moved to the front of our collective focus, environmental justice and impacts of pollution and climate change on communities of color still need much greater attention.

Filed Under: Commentaries, Feature stories

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