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COMMENTARY: Immigration: Why API youth activism matters more than ever

June 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mayu Takeda and Sanam Malik Generation Progress With news that the president’s executive action to provide deferrals from deportation for undocumented immigrants will continue to be blocked and Congressional inaction on immigration reform a foregone conclusion, the fate of millions of undocumented immigrants, many of them parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, remains […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, 2015, API, American Dream, Angel Island, Asian American, Chinese Exclusion Act, DACA, DAPA, Generation Progress, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, Pacific Islands, President Obama, United States, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12, language, social media

President Obama talks about immigration reform

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly During President Obama’s speech at the Betty Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Monday, Nov. 25, he announced an agreement between the United States, its allies, and Iran on a “first step towards resolving our concerns over its nuclear program,” according to Shin Inouye, White House director […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Affordable Care Act, Angel Island, Chinatown, During President Obama, Iran, Ju Hong, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Shin Inouye, United States, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, White House

New Jamie Ford novel explores Depression-era Chinatown

November 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Jamie Ford grew up in the Seattle area and his first novel, “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” won

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Angel Island, China Gate Restaurant, Chinatown, Chinese American, Densho Foundation, Doug Chinn, Ford Ah, Great Depression, Jamie Ford, Min Chung, NWAW, Port Orchard, Seattle Art Institute, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, William Billy Ford, William Ford, Willow Frost, YA

TAM sale of Chinese treasures upsets donors — Museum sells collection of jades and robes

February 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly For years, the Tacoma Art Museum has wowed attendees with its collection of Chinese textiles and jades, many of which

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Al Young, Angel Island, Cantor Art Center, Charles Lam, China, Chinese Americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Connie Young Yu, Mary Lee Young, Mary Young, Pearlie Baskin, Sue Lee, TAM, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma News Tribune, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, culture

Museum of Chinese in America gets a new home

September 10, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — In cramped quarters in Chinatown, staff at the Museum of Chinese in America had to be careful not to step on any schoolchildren as they taught a class about the role Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Alice Mong, Ang Lee, Angel Island, Brokeback Mountain, Centre Street, Chinatown, Chinese Americans, David Henry Hwang, Maya Lin, Mulberry St, San Francisco Bay, Taiwan, Transcontinental Railroad, United States, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vol 28 No 38 | September 12 - September 18, Yo Yo Ma

Editorial: California says sorry to Chinese Americans, country to follow suit?

July 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On July 17, California formally apologized to Chinese Americans for racist laws that were enacted starting with the Gold Rush period in the mid-19th century. According to a recent TIME magazine story, the racist laws, some of which were not repealed until the 1940s, prevented Chinese Americans from owning property, marrying whites, working in the public sector, or testifying against whites in courts.

Filed Under: Opinion, Editorials Tagged With: Angel Island, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Editorial California, Gold Rush, Jim Crow, Paul Fong, President Obama, San Francisco, TIME, Transcontinental Railroad, vol 28 no 32 | August 1 - August 7

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