By Teresa Cerojano The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Angelica Nino, a 22-year-old manager of a Manila restaurant, was preparing to assign shifts to her crew last week when […]
Diversity Makes a Difference — Part 2
Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people
The Layup Drill — A Year of Linsanity, catfishing, a swim legend in the making, and the death of a Judo legend
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look back (and forward) at Linsanity, revisit the Manti Te’o saga, […]
Festival brings stories to Seattle
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The mission of Tasveer,” said Aaron D. Williams, director of technology for the organization board, “is to primarily bring meaningful films, but also visual, […]
BLOG: The death of print, will we be next?
By Assunta Ng Witnessing the digital attack on publication has been a nightmare for those of us in print media. It hasn’t mattered how big, rich, or strong publications have […]
Seattle native Leah Li crowned 2013 Miss Chinatown USA
By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle is a title town again as hometown sweetheart Leah Li has won the 2013 Miss Chinatown USA pageant, as well as the pageant’s […]
Michelle Rhee on charter schools, standardized testing, and being Korean American
By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly There is no middle ground when it comes to national education reform figure Michelle Rhee. People either love her or they hate her.
CulturalFest makes the world smaller
By Elizabeth Wang Northwest Asian Weekly The world shrunk just a tiny bit last Thursday and Friday, Feb. 14 and Feb. 15, as students at the University of Washington (UW) […]
Bellevue Square welcomes the Year of the Snake
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly For the second year in a row, Washington’s most racially Asian American city will be welcoming the Year of the Snake in its own way, […]
PICTORIAL: Leah Li crowned 2013 Miss Chinatown USA
Photos by David Yu Photography