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EDITORIAL: It’s been a long road for those who worked hard to help unite these states

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Chinese workers helped make the United States a lot more “united” by building the first transcontinental railroad, linking the east and west coasts and bringing people and prosperity across the […]

EDITORIAL: What? There’s an Asian American history?

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This week, The Princetonian, the newspaper of Princeton University, reported that the school has hired its first professor in Asian American history. Class begins in 2015. The most newsworthy aspect […]

EDITORIAL: Celebrate your awesome, Asian heritage

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May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time for celebrations and festivities throughout the United States. And Asia, being the planet’s largest and most populated continent, is host […]

EDITORIAL: Washington needs a Court of multitudes

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A cursory investigation into the depth of color on the Washington State Supreme Court reveals very little pigment. From 1988 to 2003, there was Charles Z. Smith, son of an […]

EDITORIAL: Overturn ‘Korematsu’ for good

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The United States Supreme Court has an opportunity to settle once and for all the illegality of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It has the opportunity […]

EDITORIAL: Cold as ICE: Don’t separate families

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my […]

EDITORIAL: Gary Locke’s impact on China and America

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The future is wide open for Ambassador Gary Locke, who will be returning home from China in March. Never flashy, Locke seems to have spent his career steadily increasing his […]

EDITORIAL: Who’s hungry? Everybody’s hungry.

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Food is the first and most important thing a human being needs. People must have it at fairly regular intervals and equal amounts throughout the day — nothing else matters […]

EDITORIAL: Nadella’s appointment ref lects new thinking

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We congratulate Satya Nadella on his recent appointment as CEO of Microsoft. A native of India, the achievements of Mr. Nadella represents a high moment for Asians climbing the global […]