By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Deadpool was the movie sensation that carved a niche for every superhero fan who was old enough to watch it. There were so many […]
What’s showing at SIFF
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Ava” Sadaf Foroughi spends some of her time in Canada, but she’s Iranian by birth and brings a fresh, winning perspective to the problems […]
9-year-old wins national event at Masters
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly On an unusually sunny day in late April, 9-year-old Taighan Chea was at the driving range hitting golf balls with his golf coach, dad, […]
NEA’s Jane Chu stepping down
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The National Endowment for the Arts announced earlier this month that its current chair, Jane Chu, will resign from her post effective June 4. In […]
LETTER: A PR stunt against Starbucks?
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to your editorial in the April 21-27 issue “Being Black at Starbucks.” I believe that race had nothing to do with those men’s […]
LETTER: Instead of Cinco de Mayo…
Dear Editor, Instead of celebrating May 5 as Cinco de Mayo, I believe we’d all seem better informed if taught to celebrate much more important things that occurred on this […]
The key to Summit Sierra’s success
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY One of the things Edgiemeh De La Cruz appreciates most about Summit Sierra High School is the way the faculty make the school feel […]
Seasoned Olympia lobbyist running for state senate in the 34th
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly Observe. Plan. Act. These are steps that serve Sofia Aragon well, and led her to where she is today: a hopeful in the […]
Scammers impersonate Chinese consulate staff
By Sophia Stephens NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY In recent weeks, members of the Seattle Chinese and Chinese American communities have reported receiving scam phone calls from a 253 area code number. […]
Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism
By JANIE HAR Associated Press Members of the country’s fastest growing minority group are running for federal office, dozens of them as Democratic candidates deliberately playing up their Asian roots […]