By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s column, we take a look back at the Winter Olympics and a new […]
“A Brighter Summer Day” — Sad saga, secret Seattle connection
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY It begins simply enough, with a concerned parent wondering to school faculty, why his son, a good student, did poorly on a test. It […]
LETTER: Reader feedback on Feb. 24 issue
Dear Editor, I like to grab your paper each week for some articles the mainstream media largely forgets, plus the sudoku puzzle helps pass a bit more time in my […]
LETTER: Open letter to Golden West College
By Bettie Sing Luke Multicultural diversity trainer Seattle A very disturbing anti-Asian incident was brought to my attention and verified by the LA Times in a March 5th article. This […]
Man arrested following double stabbing in ID
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Police arrested a 36-year-old man after a stabbing on March 8 in Hing Hay Park. According to eyewitnesses, the suspect and two other men were […]
Think all Asians look alike? You’re racist! — (JK, but you def need more Asian friends)
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month, we learn that social media is powerful. Because of social media, a college professor in charge of molding young minds cannot say […]
Survival for immigrant domestic violence survivors
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Shortly after he came to Washington to serve as the Consul General of Japan in Seattle, Yoichiro Yamada learned that there were literally hundreds […]
Bring back affirmative action?
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Business owner Tony Au wants to make one thing very clear: he is all for the repeal of Initiative 200. “It is actually a […]
Clock runs out in Olympia on bill to aid SeaTac Area mobile home residents
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Residents of The Firs Mobile Home Park received bad news from the state capitol in Olympia as a bill granting financial assistance to residents […]
BLOG: The legacy of Tetsuden Kashima
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Here is good news for fans of the University of Washington (UW)’s cherry trees: they will blossom next week, according to a UW news […]