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Dems go on attack, visit red states to boost DREAM Act

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By David Pitt and Charles Babington The Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kicking off an August of likely intense debate over immigration, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat traveled to Iowa […]

Complaint alleges bias by New Orleans school officials

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By Michael Kenzelman The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legal advocates on August 2 asked federal authorities to investigate their claims that New Orleans school officials discriminate against the […]

A-pop! Heroes and villains — Racists think they’re not racist, and Asian heroes make their debut

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly From racist music videos to Asian superheroes, July was an interesting month for Asians and pop culture. And by “interesting,” I mean equal parts […]

SF TV station fires 3 in connection with Asiana racist names scandal

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By Staff KoreAm Journal Following an in-house investigation, San Francisco TV station KTVU has dismissed three high-ranking producers involved with misreporting the names of four Asiana pilots with Flight 214, […]

Kip Tokuda, community activist, passes away at 66

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Kip Tokuda, a former four-term state representative from the 37th district and community activist who founded the Asian Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF), was past president […]

BLOG: Cheering for a competitor and a friend

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By Assunta Ng Are there competitors that I admire? Yes, there was one. Carolyn Kelly, retired president of the Seattle Times, used to be my competitor.

Professor honors Japanese American baseball in research

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By Gabrielle Nomura Northwest Asian Weekly Long before Ichiro, Seattle’s Japanese American community had other baseball

NSCC President Mitsui headed to U.S. Education Dept.

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly North Seattle Community College (NSCC) President Mark Mitsui has been selected to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges in the U.S. Department of Education […]