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Seattle councilwomen speak out against arena vote backlash

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Writing in an op-ed in the Seattle Times last week, the five women on Seattle’s mostly female City Council responded to sexist attacks against them after a recent council vote sidetracked an arena proposal aimed at bringing the NBA back to the city.

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News, Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, Chris Hansen, City Council, Mayor Ed Murray, NBA, Oklahoma City, Port of Seattle, Seattle Times, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, language, social media

Bill to remove ‘Oriental’ from federal law passes Congress

May 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly A bill that would remove derogatory racial terms, including the word “Oriental,” from federal language has been passed by Congress. The bill will now be sent to President Barack Obama, who is expected to approve the legislation and sign it into law. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed H.R. 4238, introduced […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Added Meng, African American, American Indian, Asian Americans, Grace Meng, Mazie Hirono, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, President Barack Obama, Puerto Rican, United States, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, language

“Sword of Destiny” a shrunken version of the original classic

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After more than a decade, the fantastical world of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” makes its belated return in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Reviews, At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: Academy Awards, Ang Lee, China, Chinese Americans, Costa Ricans, Crouching Tiger, Eric Card, Hades Dai, Harry Shum Jr., Hidden Dragon, Li Mu Bai, New Zealand, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Wie Fang, Yuen Wo Ping, language

Educators and activists lobby for ethnic studies

March 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Bryson Associated Press DENVER (AP) — When a Colorado teacher got her English language students talking and writing about the police shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Mo., she was able to draw parallels to events close to home. Cara Luchies, who works in a high school that is 50 percent [Latino], […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2016, Associated Press, Boulder County Latino History Project, Cara Luchies, Curtis Acosta, Hispanic Americans, John Kavanagh, Joseph Salazar, Luna Cervantes, Mexican Americans, San Francisco, Skyline High School, Tucson Mexican American, United States, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, language

COMMENTARY: The roots of Chinese American silence on political events can’t be overlooked

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Li Jin For Northwest Asian Weekly New York police officer Peter Liang was patrolling a dark staircase in a Brooklyn housing complex when his gun discharged accidentally, and the bullet struck and killed a man walking down the stairs with his girlfriend. This was terrible enough, but what made it worse was that it […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Chinese Studies, Li Jin, New York, Peter Liang, Pew Research Center, United States, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, language, social media

BLOG: Attention: Mainstream restaurants — Don’t shame us. We just like family style

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly It’s funny, but nobody ever asks, “What’s your favorite ‘American’ restaurant?” Yet, many are dying to know my favorite Chinese or Asian restaurant. I am a foodie. I frequent both Asian and mainstream American restaurants regularly. For a change of scenery, a yearning for a conversation without being disrupted, […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Assunta Ng, Capital Grille, Chinese, England, Metropolitan Grill, Northwest Asian Weekly, Publisher's Blog, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Wimbledon, language

Famed Chinese opera singer to debut in ‘Figaro,’ says Asian singers need not Westernize

January 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To Shenyang, a Chinese bass-baritone singer, his name represents a bridge between the opera performer’s Chinese roots and his international reputation.

“My full name, pronounced from first to last (Yang Shen), sounds like a ‘goat’s kidney’ in Chinese,” said Shenyang.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2016, China, Famed Chinese, General Director Aidan Lang, Given Western, Juilliard School, Le Nozze, Metropolitan Opera, Michael Jackson, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Richard Wagner, Seattle Opera, Shanghai Conservatory, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, attention, language

Disabled API adults thrive under care with cultural competence

January 9, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Patricia Wen The Boston Globe BOSTON (AP) — The aroma of Asian stir-fried vegetables and pork wafted through a West Roxbury home before dinnertime on a recent Saturday. And around the table, Joseph Wong, Donald Lee, Francis Chan, Wei-Li Sun, and Wayne Wang were waiting, knowing this particular dish — written on the week’s menu posted […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Agnes Wong, Chinese, Donald Lee, Francis Chan, Godswill Nwaeze, Grace Sun, Jeff Keilson, Joseph Wong, Red Sox, Sophia Zhu, TILL, Terrible Terrible, United States, Victor Hernandez, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, Wayne Wang, West Roxbury, communication, culture, language

SF crime defendant says undercover agent forced money on him

January 2, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A key defendant in an organized-crime case in San Francisco’s Chinatown will face more questions from prosecutors after testifying that the undercover agent leading the probe tried to drag him into conversations and force money on him. Under cross-examination by prosecutors on Dec. 22 at his […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Chinatown, Chinese, Leland Yee, Prosecutor William Frenzen, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, SF, San Francisco, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, language

BLOG: “Eat, play, give,” should not only be for December

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng If you whine about being lonely during the holidays, or if you don’t have many party invitations, or if your friends and family have been deserting you from Christmas to New Year’s day, you need to read this blog. If you are an out-of-state transplant, working for Amazon or Google, and have […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bill Gates, Chinatown International District, Google, Kaci Aitchison, Korean, New Year, Northern Chinese, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Publisher's Blog, Salvation Army, Star Wars, Vietnamese, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, blog, language, turkey

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