Sofia Aragon was sworn-in on Jan. 13 to the Burien City Council. Residents voted her in last November and this is Aragon’s first time holding a political office. She began […]
National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees
Ming-Jun Li, Pushkar Tandon, and Margaret Wu are among 22 inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). Li and Tandon, along with a third person, invented the bend-insensitive […]
View from Gold Mountain
The monument “View from Gold Mountain,” created by Seattle artists Cheryll Leo-Gwin and Stewart Wong, was installed outside the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M. on Jan. 11. The monument […]
Seattle awards $40K to InterIm
The Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment, through the Environmental Justice Fund, awarded $40,000 to InterIm, one of seven community-based projects, to improve environmental conditions and respond to impacts of […]
Wang, Deng get plaque
The Pike Place Market Foundation presented a plaque this month to Felicity Wang and Deng Zuolie for their contributions in the creation of “Ju Ju,” or Golden Pearl, the Chinese […]
White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban
By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, and Jill Colvin The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a […]
MIT warns foreign students of possible visits from ICE
By Collin Binkley The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is warning international students that federal immigration officials may visit their work sites to verify […]
Inslee, CAPAA seeking applicants for Ruth Woo Fellowship
OLYMPIA — The office of Gov. Jay Inslee, in partnership with the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA), is recruiting currently enrolled college and graduate students with a commitment […]
The Layup Drill
Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In the first column of the decade, we take a look at an athlete looking to continue greatness after injury and one looking for it entering the NFL Draft.
Town Hall Seattle and KUOW series highlights AAPI poets
A poetry series featuring Asian American poets will soon kick off at Town Hall Seattle, in collaboration with KUOW.