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Asian American unemployment rises according to study

July 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The United States Department of Labor provides some disturbing data on Asian American unemployment among young people.  In its recent release, which covers July 2007 through 2010, the number of Asian-Americans between the ages of 16-24 years old unable to find work has grown since 2007.  

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Asian American, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Jason Cruz, Labor Statistics, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 33 No 31 | July 26 - August 1, Washington State

APIs are generally a healthy bunch

March 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sue Misao Northwest Asian Weekly Basically, you’re as healthy as you can afford to be.<!–more–> Like every subgroup, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have health concerns specific to them, often connected to immigrant or refugee status, income, access to health care, and, of course, genetics. Some of the most noticeable health issues for the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, China, Chinese Americans, Green Card, ICHS, King County Health Department, Korean, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Seattle, Southeast Asians, TB, The Health Issue 2014, Vietnamese American, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21, japan, language

Skilled immigration masks APA poverty, report shows

July 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 a new report by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). In 2011 alone, “there were over 90,000 H1-B visas issued […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, APA, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Bay Area, Census Bureau, Chinese, Josh Ishimatsu, New America Media, Pacific Islanders, Vietnamese, Vivian Yi Huang, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, poverty

Census seeks changes in how it measures race

August 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat “Hispanic” as a distinct category regardless of race, end use of the term “Negro,” and offer new ways to identify Middle Easterners …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African Americans, American Indian Alaska Native, Angelo Falcon, Arab American Institute, Arab Americans, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Census, Census Bureau, Census Director Robert Groves, Middle Easterners, Nicholas Jones, Terry Minnis, Vietnamese

USPAACC holds focus group in Seattle

January 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 16, the U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) held a focus group with about 12 American business owners based in Seattle at the Pike Place Conference Room at Wells Fargo Bank.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Albert Shen, Asian American, Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Lawrence Pang, Murthy Kalkura, Patrick Yalung, Seattle, USPAACC, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 3 | January 14 - January 20, Wells Fargo Bank

New proposed bill would ban abortions based on sex or race

December 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The practice of sex-selection abortion, usually targeting a female fetus due to parental preference for a son, has few defenders in the United States. Yet a proposed federal ban is drawing vehement opposition from liberal advocacy groups who call it a veiled attempt to undermine […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Asian Indian, Chinese, Columbia University, Democratic-led Senate, Disease Control, House Judiciary, Korean, Miriam Yeung, Nancy Keenan, National Asian Pacific American Women, Republican-controlled House, Steven Mosher, United States, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23, women of color

Federal government orders bilingual ballots in 25 states

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  By Hope Yen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   WASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Indian, Asian Americans, Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Indian, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Census Bureau, Election Day, Eugene Lee, James Thomas Tucker, Justice Department, Los Angeles, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, Voting Rights Act, language

CAPAA report highlights issues of Washington AAPIs

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A comprehensive report released in May by the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs examined issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, AAPI, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Asian Pacific American Affairs, CAPAA, Chinese, Education, Executive Director Kendee Yamaguchi, Jocelyn Chui, Korematsu Center, LLC, Pacific Islanders, Perkins Coie, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4, communication, language

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