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Eight API candidates aim to topple incumbents, stake a claim in August primary

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By Travis Quezon Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: The original version of this article omitted Seattle City Council Candidate Kshama Sawant. Eight API candidates, six of whom are female, look […]

Play that benefited Gordon Hirabayashi to fund Hiroshima trip

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Breaking the Silence, a play about the Japanese American experience in the United States over three generations,

Takei says Cho good choice for ‘Star Trek’

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By Heather Tan The Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest “Star Trek” movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man […]

Obama deflects criticism about lack of diversity

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By Josh Lederman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Deflecting criticism about a perceived lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Monday, Jan. 14 urged […]

The “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”

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By Samantha Pak NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Growing up in Seattle’s Chinatown–International District during World War II, Henry Lee has experienced his fair share of problems.

Seattle Nisei veterans named chevalier of the Legion of Honor

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Four Seattle-area Nisei World War II veterans received the rank of chevalier of the French National Order of the Legion of Honor on Sept. 1 at a ceremony hosted at […]

Beyond the Plate: The Asian lowdown on Seattle’s farmers markets

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While I was enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon at the Broadway Farmers Market, it occurred to me to follow up on NWAW’s first installment of “Beyond the Plate” with one on farmers markets. Many Asians I’ve spoken with have admitted to feeling removed or uninterested in farmers markets …