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Maryknoll sister Fallon to receive peacemaker award

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Maryknoll Sister Jean Fallon, a Seattle native who has worked many decades for justice and peace throughout the world, will receive the Sister Christine Mulready Peacemaker Award from Pax Christi […]

BLOG: Women important in Mary Yu’s life

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By Assunta Ng On May 20, three women were invited by Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu’s swearing-in ceremony. One of them was political guru Ruth Woo. Many community […]

U.S. inducts Chinese railroad workers into Labor Hall of Honor

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This month marks the 145th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. On May 9, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez formally inducted into the Labor Hall of […]

EDITORIAL: Celebrate your awesome, Asian heritage

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May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time for celebrations and festivities throughout the United States. And Asia, being the planet’s largest and most populated continent, is host […]

Beacon Hill building energizes Seattle Lees

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By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Four beauties wearing their crowns and native costumes — all sharing the same surname and ancestors dating back 2,000 years in China — joined […]

Memoirs and life stories

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Kapoho, Memoir of a Modern Pompeii By Frances H. Kakugawa Watermark Publishing, 2011 Frances Kakugawa was only 5 years old when the Japanese bombed […]

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize

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By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has combined a talent for innovative design and experimental use of everyday materials with extensive […]