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Author Amy Tan opens up about strife with mom, responds to critics

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By Clair Phillips UW News Lab It may be hard for some to believe, but Amy Tan, famed author of “The Joy Luck Club,” belongs to a rock band and […]

Urban U.S. Chinatowns shrink back as Asians head to the suburbs

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By Hope Yen and Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s historic Chinatowns, home for a century to immigrants seeking social support and refuge from racism, are fading […]

Tiger Mother introduces her paperback, tries taming critics

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Bestselling author Amy Chua walked toward the microphone and podium. She stood in front of a bookshelf labeled “Collector Editions” to share her thoughts […]

Former Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua to lead AAJC

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The Board of Directors of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), has named Mee Moua as president and […]

Community-minded new immigrants are wanted for jobs in lawmaking

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The year of 1957 stands out in the history of Asian Americans. Dalip Singh Saund, an immigrant from India, became the first Asian American […]

The top 10 outstanding Asian and Asian American achievements of 2011

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By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Each year, there are certain people who have been recognized for the extraordinary things they have done for Asians and Asian Americans.  This list […]

Top 10 wacky-but-true Asian news stories

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Throughout the year, we encounter some news stories that make us go, HUH? <!–more–> These are stories that are strange, weird, unique — or […]

New federal guidance on diversity and reducing racial isolation benefits Asian American students

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On Friday Dec. 2, 2011, the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Justice jointly issued new federal guidance to provide a roadmap for K-12 schools, […]

Some Asians’ college strategy: Don’t check ‘Asian’

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By Jesse Washington The Associated Press Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself […]