Interlake High School students Veenadhari Kollipara and Eshika Saxena received engraved bronze medallions on June 15, for being Distinguished Finalists for Washington in the 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. […]
ECCC event
The Ethnic Chamber of Commerce Coalition and the Port of Seattle held an evening of sharing, learning, and networking on June 6. Steve Metruck, executive director of the Port of […]
Seattle International District Rotary Club dinner
The Seattle International District Rotary Club held its annual dinner on June 10, at the Northwest African American Museum. The event, “Engage and Change the World,” was keynoted by KING […]
2018 Edwin M. Lee Community Leadership Award
Michelle Ma, Nghi Quan, and Callie Chinn each received awards of $1,000 at the Franklin High School Senior Awards Night on June 13. This was the inaugural presentation of the […]
All 5 first ladies speak out on family separations at border — Laura Bush likened it to the Japanese internment
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — All four former first ladies have joined the current one, Melania Trump, in an unusual united political front expressing horror at […]
Chinese immigrant with American family fears deportation
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese immigrant with a young American family in New York fears deportation after being arrested when he showed up for a green card interview. Xiu […]
Officials: Vietnamese man dies in ICE custody in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say a Vietnamese man has died in custody in Arizona while awaiting deportation. ICE said that 47-year-old Huy Chi Tran died […]
School to be named after Asian immigrant activist
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — At a divisive time for U.S. immigration policies, a California school board has decided to name a new elementary school after an award-winning journalist who […]
Ex-coal baron takes swipe at “China people” in political ad
By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-coal executive who’s running for U.S. Senate after serving a one-year prison sentence has escalated his barrage […]
23-foot-long python swallows Indonesian woman
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 23-foot-long python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official. The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near […]