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BLOG: Why tiger moms fail to raise leaders — Part 1

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By Assunta Ng I don’t need to read “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” to be a tiger mom. My mother was one, and I was a sort-of-tiger-sort-of-sheep parent. I […]

A-pop! The end of an era and the start of a new one — Goodbye, Miyazaki! Hello, TV!

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Summer is out and fall is in! But before we usher in the new season, let’s take a moment to reflect on all that […]

BLOG: Rekindling my passion

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By Assunta Ng I almost killed the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Summer Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) this year.

BLOG: Remembering Ted Yamamura

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By Assunta Ng “Did you know that the first engineer at Boeing was Chinese?” said the late Ted Yamamura in the early 2000s.

Calif. shark ban argued in Federal court

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By Staff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Obama administration is supporting Chinese-American business organizations in their effort to block enforcement of California’s ban on shark fin soup.

Asian America at Bumbershoot

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By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly This year’s Bumbershoot, scheduled to take place Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 31 – Sept 2) at the Seattle Center, is set to be one […]

BLOG: The Okis create their own waves of philanthropy

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By Assunta Ng Many Asian Americans know Scott Oki as the ex-Microsoft multi-millionaire and owner of 11 Washington state golf courses, including the

Marrying two worlds — Interracial couples on love and wedding planning

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By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly In 2012, one out of 10 marriages in the United States were between couples of two different races, according to the U.S.

Skilled immigration masks APA poverty, report shows

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By Asha DuMonthier New America Media The influx of highly skilled, highly educated workers on H1-B visas from Asian countries in the last decade has skewed poverty statistics, according to […]

Daphne Kwok joins AARP as Vice President

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AARP has appointed Daphne Kwok as the new Vice President, Multicultural Markets and Engagement effective July 8. Daphne will lead AARP’s outreach efforts toward Asian Americans. “Daphne brings with her […]