Opinion – Page 67

COMMENTARY: Rice and peanut butter and jelly

March 20, 2015 By Admin

By Emily Okawara Northwest Asian Weekly While I was sitting in the cafeteria with the rest of my second grade class, the recess teacher who helped me to open my […]

COMMENTARY: Hindus urge Washington Governor for task force on hate crimes

March 13, 2015 By Admin

By Rajan Zed For Northwest Asian Weekly We are commending Washington Governor Jay Inslee for drawing attention to the recent vandalizing of Bothell and Kent Hindu temples and stressing the […]

EDITORIAL: Yes, there is Asian homelessness

March 12, 2015 By Admin

Why do we not address the homeless Asian community more? Yes, it is actually a problem. And it is also especially ignored when it comes to the female Asian population. […]

COMMENTARY: Diversity — Branching out

March 9, 2015 By Admin

By Warisha Soomro Tesla STEM High School I hail from a region where an individual’s world is centered on the people they associate with daily and the screen that keeps […]

EDITORIAL: Questionable origin?

March 6, 2015 By Admin

Recently there was a neighborhood posting on Nextdoor.com about the homeless population downtown, in both the International District and in Pioneer Square. There was a discussion of people of “questionable […]

COMMENTARY: Diversity: Moving beyond zip codes

February 20, 2015 By Admin

By Halimah Hussein Northwest Asian Weekly Diversity is a beautiful thing; it adds a pop of color to a community, like an abstract painting. I remember when I was a […]

Surprise, surprise… – Seattle is white (We are not perfect, but we can improve)

February 19, 2015 By Admin

With February being Black History Month and the total racial and ethnic minority population projected to increase from 30.9 percent in 2000 to 40.4 percent in 2019, the social network […]

COMMENTARY: Diversity is our identity

February 13, 2015 By Admin

By Leah Shin For Northwest Asian Weekly It used to be waking up every morning where I felt like I was unable to dream. It was not because I was […]

EDITORIAL: Breaking ground is a good beginning

February 12, 2015 By Admin

The Publix Hotel in the International District (ID), owned by the Moriguchi family, has been vacant for a decade. The family also owns Uwajimaya. We watched its decay over […]

“The Five Essentials: Arts and the movement for social justice” — Keynote Speech by Ron Chew at National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference

February 6, 2015 By Admin

By Ron Chew For Northwest Asian Weekly The arts can be an instrument for transforming individual lives, restoring communities, and remaking our society into a more tolerant and inclusive place […]