By Julie Pham New America Media In May 2012, minority newborns began to outnumber their white counterparts in the United States. But even with an African American president and the […]
Polarizing issues at third annual Ethnic Media Candidates Meet and Greet
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly More than 120 members of ethnic media and more than 25 candidates networked and discussed hot topic issues at the Sea Beez’ Candidates Meet and […]
BLOG: Cheering on the female candidates
By Assunta Ng While at the Ethnic Media Candidates Meet and Greet, organized by Sea Beez and members of local ethnic media, I enjoyed meeting the female candidates. It is […]
BLOG: An uninspiring moment from a political hopeful
By Assunta Ng “You probably won’t vote for me,” said a Seattle City Council candidate at Sea Beez’s ethnic media candidates forum on Oct. 6 at the Life Enrichment Bookstore.
True or false?: Tolls will damage communities of color
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Doug McDonald believes that I-1125 will completely halt transportation progress, hurting struggling families.<!–more–> Tim Eyman believes that Initiative 1125 will prevent struggling families from […]
April 7: Sea Beez wraps up the year with finale party
Sea Beez, an ethnic media capacity building program, concluded its first phase a year after its launch with a finale party held on the third floor
Commentary: 520 tolling campaign overlooks ethnic media
Recent information from the Seattle Times’ analysis of 2010 Census data indicates that the number of minorities has quickly
People for sale? — Part 2 of 2: Changing how we see modern slavery
In movies and other popular portrayals of human trafficking, recovery of the victims is where the narrative often ends. Yet for NGOs, law enforcement, and
Editorial: The minority vote matters
This year, we, as a newspaper and as part of the Asian community, have been blessed. We’ve had many political candidates reaching out to us for the first time.
Blog: Why can’t ethnic media have a share of the political pie?
Watch TV and you will see Sen. Patty Murray and her opponent, Dino Rossi, banking up the prime-time commercials back to back. How much of that ‘pie’ is given to ethnic media?