By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly My young Asian friend got accepted into Yale University’s MBA program. That’s the good part. The bad news is he can’t pay for it. […]
Asian groups file complaint over Harvard admission
By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An alliance of Asian American groups on Friday filed a federal complaint against Harvard University, saying that the school and other […]
BLOG: Why tiger moms fail to raise leaders — Part 1
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 […]
BLOG: Why I reject Asian cultural values
By Assunta Ng When you read that headline, you probably thought, “Is she crazy? What is she thinking?”
BLOG: Dos and don’ts: Lifestyle tips to save you money
I enjoy a lean lifestyle. I lived thriftily even when our economy prospered. Financial gurus love to advise people to cut back on expenses in this tough economy. However, there […]
BLOG: 8 tips to help working moms balance work and family
By Assunta Ng Sen. Patty Murray was a mom in tennis shoes when she ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992. I was also a mom in tennis shoes when […]
COMMENTARY: Do elite colleges in the nation discriminate against Asians?
By Mark Lee Northwest Asian Weekly January 16 was a federal holiday celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. King’s legacy upholds the principle that all people, regardless of […]
Some Asians’ college strategy: Don’t check ‘Asian’
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 […]
Deputy director of the White House AAPI initiative on the barriers students are currently facing
In honor of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, South Seattle Community College (SSCC) hosted a series of events, which included a forum with Christine
Blog: America, a great civic teacher
More than 500 new citizens attended the July 4 swearing-in ceremony at Seattle Center. But how many of them will actually stay in America?