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Last rites — API volunteers administer honors at military funerals

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A military funeral consists of a number of ceremonial events including the firing of three

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, API, Ai Bac Nguyen, American Legion Post, BCT, Ben Tran, Greg White, Jeffrey Osborn, Regional Command, South Vietnam, Tahoma National Cemetery, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Volunteers, Vietnam War, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Washington Army National Guard

Pacific’s new mayor wins by write-in — months later, faces controversy over medals

March 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly On Nov. 4, the residents of Pacific, a small town just outside of Auburn, voted in a new mayor, Cy Sun, an Asian American. While it’s not unusual to vote a new mayor into office, the circumstances surrounding his election are rare. Not only that, months into his term, […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Asian American, Auburn Reporter, Census, City Councilmember Gary Hulsey, Cy Sun, Ex-mayor Hildreth, Jeffrey Osborn, King County Elections Director, Korean War, Mayor Sun, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islanders, Purple Heart, Richard Hildreth, Sherril Huff, Vol 31 No 13 | March 24 - March 30

New city office created to aid immigrants

March 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Many Americans never face the struggles and hardships of immigration. They never leave their nation due to political strife or military uprising.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Bruce Harrell, Census, Chinatown International District, Civil Rights, Councilmember Tim Burgess, Economic Development, Education, Jeffrey Osborn, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pramila Jayapal, Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Seattle Weekly, United States, Vol 31 No 11 | March 10 - March 16, attention, language

Diabetes becoming a global epidemic, but also hits close to home with Asian Americans

February 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Diabetes is a disease that is quickly becoming a global epidemic. In recent history, diabetes has become the focus of numerous medical studies. Alarmingly, those that are Asian American or who live in Asian countries are some of the highest at-risk people in the world.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, BBC, Caribbean, China, Chinese Americans, Huan Zhou, India, Jeffrey Osborn, Middle East, North Africa, North American, The Health Issue, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 8 | February 18 - February 24, Western Pacific, William Hsu

A sister city gives gift of education to Mongolian students

January 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Mongolia is often referred to as the land of eternal blue sky. To understand this nickname, one must look back to times long ago, when a religion known as Tengriism was powerful in Central Asia. Though no longer a major religion, there are some who still practice Tengriism.

Filed Under: Features, Education Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2012, Andrea Gabriel, Blue Sky Education Project, Bolor Smith, Central Asia, Eternal Blue Sky, Henry Schwarz, Jeffrey Osborn, Mongolia, North America, Tengri Munkh Khukh Tengri, Vol 31 No 3 | January 14 - January 20, Western Today, Western Washington University, blog

WWU prof sheds light on drastic climate change in Alaska, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia

January 5, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly The human race has been considered a race of hunter–gatherers. Groups that lived inland hunted wild animals and when the opportunity presented itself, they fished in lakes and rivers. Alternatively, groups that lived by a coast relied far more heavily on fish from the ocean, naturally leading to the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Blue Sky Project, Edward Schuur, Inter Press Service, Jeffrey Osborn, Kwigillingok School, Lower Kuskokwim School District, Lower Kuskokwin, Mongolia, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nunivak Island, Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Sri Lanka, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, WWU, Walter Betz, Western Washington University, culture

Mayor Ed Lee reflects on a childhood in Seattle and a career in San Francisco

December 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Mayor Ed Lee (Photo by George Liu/NWAW) The date is May 5, 1952, and in a Seattle hospital, a piece of American history was born. Edwin Mah Lee was born to immigrant parents from the Chinese province of Guandong. They had moved to America hoping for a better life. […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Beacon Hill Elementary, Bowdoin College, Chinese American, Ed Lee, Education, Edwin Lee, Edwin Mah Lee, Franklin High, International Hotel, Jeffrey Osborn, Mayor Ed Lee, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23, Whistleblower Ordinance

Where are all the Asian American conservatives?

November 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly The American political left is often portrayed as being minority friendly, an advocate of social programs, and staunch supporter of minority communities. The American right, on the other hand, is normally seen as predominantly white, wealthy, and focused on equality through a government that does not have programs that […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Asian American, Eugene Liu, Gallup Poll, Jeffrey Osborn, Korean War, Northwest Asian Weekly, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25, Younger Asians, language

Rep. Wu resigns amid sex scandal

July 28, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced his resignation on Tuesday, July 26, after facing nearly a week of accusations involving an aggressive sexual encounter with a teenager. Congressman Wu had been under mounting pressure to resign from his constituents in Oregon and fellow democrats in Washington, including an ethics committee […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Chinese American, Chinese Civil War, Congressman Wu, David Wu, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Israel, Jeffrey Osborn, John Kitzhaber, Nancy Pelosi, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Republican Goli Ameri, Stanford University, Taiwan, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

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