A federal judge has again ruled against a northern Virginia school system that he found guilty of discriminating against Asian American students when it overhauled its admissions policies at a highly selective high school.
Mentees become mentors in college prep for Burmese refugees
By RACHEL FRADETTE The Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peng Thang can’t remember everything about his family’s trek to safety after they fled his village of Zephai to the capital […]
Seattle Preschool Program expands
The Denise Louie Education Center in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, Mayor Bruce Harrell, and Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) Director Dwane Chappelle announced the opening of Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) applications for the 2022-2023 school year on March 15.
“After Yang”: Love, life, and other potent ponderables
“After Yang,” the second feature film written and directed by South Korea’s Kogonada, played the Northwest Film Forum as a presentation of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival on March 6, and should be available for home streaming soon.
Book recommendations: Banning books won’t stop us from reading them
Things are starting to look up for Mia Tang and her parents. Two years after arriving in the United States, they’ve gone from living in their car to running and living at the Calivista Motel in Anaheim, California.
In “Love Is Blind,” race is just one factor in choosing a partner
“My dad and mom…would always say, ‘You don’t have to get married. You don’t need a man. As long as you’re this independent woman and you’re happy, you don’t need marriage,’” Lee shared.
EDITORIAL: A good start, thanks Mayor Harrell
It’s an almost unfamiliar, but welcome, scene, and a stark contrast from what a Seattle Times editorial once described as a place “overflowing trash cans, litter, dirty sidewalks, and open-air […]
COMMENTARY: Opportunity for AANHPI small businesses greater than ever in WA
For many entrepreneurs and small business owners from the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, the impacts of COVID have been devastating.
BLOG: It takes a village to raise a winner—A journey in overcoming adversity
It’s no surprise that Vanessa Lee of Bellevue won Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce U.S.A. in San Francisco. What is surprising is, Lee won three titles, a record-breaking feat for the local Chinese community in the national Miss Chinatown pageant.
Wing Luke gala: First in-person since pandemic
Bettie Luke, sister of the late Seattle City Councilmember and namesake of the Wing Luke Museum, looked up as the museum’s board of directors co-president Jill Nishi welcomed its supporters on the evening of March 13 to its dinner and auction at the Sheraton Grand Seattle. She was reminded of her brother.