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EDITORIAL: Congrats are in order for Steven Gonzalez and Edwin Lee

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What a great couple of weeks! In the last 10 days or so, we saw San Francisco elect its first Asian American mayor, Ed Lee — and he has Seattle […]

Washington’s WWII Nisei veterans receive nation’s highest civilian honor

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  On Nov. 2, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined in honoring 33 World War II Japanese American veterans from Washington state with the highest civilian award in the United […]

Ed Lee poised to win SF’s mayoral race

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By Beth Duff-Brown The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Ed Lee, born in Seattle and raised in Beacon Hill, held a commanding lead in the mayor’s race against a […]

How to get a job when you’re from out-of-town — actually, out-of-country

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The high unemployment rate — more than 9 percent — continues to be a major national problem, one that has affected a specific segment […]

Jason Hirata makes bubble tea into art

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By Kat Chow UW News Lab “I didn’t really want to rely on written criteria to do things — to get jobs, shows, or grants — based on schooling,” said […]

Our top 10 burning questions with Paul Ishii

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly   Paul Ishii is president-elect of the Rotary Club of Seattle. With about 675 members, it’s the largest rotary club internationally, and it is […]

October: Komen’s Puget Sound affiliate introduces its Pink Tie Guys

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Komen for the Cure’s Puget Sound affiliate introduced a new program, Pink Tie Guys, which features influential male leaders who can help engage and mobilize audiences in the breast cancer […]

ICHS voices concern over basic health and other health service cuts in governor’s proposed budget

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International Community Health Services (ICHS), which helps low-income and uninsured people in Seattle, especially in the Asian Pacific Islander community, could see 80 percent more medically uninsured patients and an approximate […]