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COMMENTARY: The art of being

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By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY As I start to resume my social life and re-engage with friends in real life after almost two months in relative pandemic isolation, a popular question seems to be, “What have you been doing?” or “What are you doing lately?” Up until recently, my answer had been, “Not much.” […]

EDITORIAL: Carmen Best calls it quits

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A bombshell in the Seattle political scene—Police Chief Carmen Best has announced her retirement. “The [Seattle City] Council gave us $1.6 million to hire the best, brightest, and most diverse. Now they want me to lay off 100 of those officers. I can’t do that,” Best said during a Aug. 11 news conference. Best’s announcement […]

EDITORIAL: An effort to dismiss the undercounted

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This week, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would end its efforts to count the number of people living in the country on Sept. 30, a month earlier than anticipated. The Washington Census Alliance, a coalition of more than 90 Black and Brown-led community organizations across Washington state, condemned the decision—saying the rushed timeline will […]

EDITORIAL: Morales, Mosqueda, Sawant seek to sneak in a bill past Chinatown residents

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Hand picking a few people in the community who will further your agenda?? Really? Seattle City Councilmembers Tammy Morales, Teresa Mosqueda, and Kshama Sawant… are you listening? A Change.org petition against Council Bill (CB) 119796 has garnered close to 2,500 signatures in 48 hours—signed by residents, business owners, visitors, and elders of the Chinatown International-District […]

EDITORIAL: Quarantine ≠ incarceration

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During discussions on May 5 over the validity of Wisconsin’s ‘safer at home’ plan, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley referred to the order as “tyranny” and compared it to the incarceration of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II. Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) called the comparison “an insult to Japanese Americans who […]