WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 1050 on Dec. 12, the Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bipartisan legislation — led by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Congressmen Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) — will recognize the tremendous contributions […]
Sentencing in attack on Sikh cab driver
SEATTLE — On Dec. 14, a man was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to attacking a taxi driver last year. Swarn Singh, 53, is Sikh American and an immigrant from India. He submitted a victim impact statement to the King County Superior Court last week. In it, Singh urged his attacker […]
APDC meets with API legislators
By Jessica Kai CurryNorthwest Asian Weekly At December’s Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC) meeting, five API legislators took questions on issues relevant to the API community for the 2019 legislative session, which begins in January. Among the legislators present at the meeting, held at Seattle Goodwill’s Training and Education Center, was Senator-elect Joe Nguyen (D), […]
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act remembered
By Janine GatesReprinted with permission from janineslittlehollywood.blogspot.comEdited for space and brevity It was a day of intensely personal and poignant storytelling at an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act. The program was held at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle on Dec. 16. Stories […]
Happy Holidays! We should all be afraid of China – A-pop! All things Asian-y in popular culture!
By Stacy NguyenNorthwest Asian Weekly I think because we Americans are all a little self-centered, we don’t realize that if we got caught in a knife fight with China, we would lose so hard and bleed all over the ground as we die slowly, because for every one American with a knife, there are 4.3 […]
Top 10 Asian American athletes of 2018
By Jason CruzNorthwest Asian Weekly As we close out 2018, we take a look back at the year in sports and the many great performances. The Winter Olympics and World Cup provided some memorable moments worldwide. Also returning to national prominence was Tiger Woods, who won his first major golf tournament in 10 years. Locally, […]
2018 Breakthrough: Awkwafina of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
By LINDSEY BAHRAP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Awkwafina became a household name this summer, stealing scenes from the likes of Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock in the heist movie “Ocean’s 8’’ and then as a standout in the cultural phenomenon that was “Crazy Rich Asians.’’ But even considering her blockbuster summer, the 29-year-old […]
LETTER: Washington’s Vietnamese legislators decry Trump actions
As the first Vietnamese American elected state legislators, we are outraged by the current administration’s attempt to re-negotiate the 2008 Memo of Understanding between the United States and Vietnam. This MOU established the protected status for Vietnamese refugees arriving the U.S. before 1995. As Vietnamese refugees, we experienced first-hand the political reasons to seek refuge […]
Top 10 local stories in 2018 affecting or involving AAPIs
Compiled by Ruth BayangNorthwest Asian Weekly 1. We now have two new State Senators of color — Joe Nguyen and Mona Das. Nguyen won the 34th District, becoming the state’s first Vietnamese American legislator and the district’s first person of color to hold that seat. Mona Das beat long time Senator Joe Fain in the […]