July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
After the historic election of Barack Obama in November, the media was abuzz with debate over...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
Daily images over the Internet show news of violent outbursts in the Middle East. In one instance, a woman is...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
Authorities confirm that younger kids on the streets are committing gang-related crimes. Officials reported 17 gang-related deaths in King County in 2008, including....

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
Walk past any nail salon and the fumes will hit you—a harsh chemical smell that leaves you gasping for air. What if...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
If you haven’t been to Maynard Avenue lately, you should take a look. The Nihonmachi Maynard Avenue Green Street is a...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
In the past 8 years, ever since the U.S. government declared a “War on Terror” after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Asian Americans in the...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
It has many names. Ultimate fighting, mixed martial arts, no-holds-barred, and in Portuguese, as simply, vale tudo, or “everything goes”. But whatever name you....

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
Alice and Kev are a homeless family living in a park. Kev is an insane, middle-aged man with a bad temper, who hates children. He often behaves...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
“Coming to the United Sates was a lifelong dream – to see the snow and apple trees,” Lebe Sionomagno said. “I also got involved in network marketing until I earned my real estate license.” Sionomagno would like....

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - News
I started off like most folks. Excitedly, I went to my local Safeway and grabbed a stack of free homes-for-sale magazines and sat down ready to find my dream home. I flipped through pages...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Arts
An eclectic group of artists come together in presenting “Parallel Lines: 8 Contemporary Artists” at the George Tsutakawa Gallery of Wing Luke Asian Museum, showing until...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Arts
Flash! Boom! Crunch! Earth is threatened with mass destruction by huge mechanical monsters. Only Nerv, a paramilitary agency based...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Arts
Suzanne Kamata has lived in Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan longer than she’s lived anywhere else. So it was the logical...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Arts
A Complete Arts Etc. arts calendar

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Editorials
Dear readers, my hair is still recovering from that unfortunate run-in at the beauty training school. It looks like a dead badger, but that's OK, because ...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Editorials

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Editorials
My family is always mad and sad. I found out that I have a half sister and that my dad had a first wife. This hurt our family as I didn't think that my dad would do that...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Editorials
I'm a real estate agent and developer but I don't sell houses or build buildings. I help people achieve the American Dream. The distinction is...

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Community

Murray Announces $1M to Fight Youth Violence in King County

$78 million in federal stimulus grants for King County

Governor Holds Roundtable With Women, Minority Business Leaders.

API COALITION FIGHTS RACIAL PROFILING FOR IMMIGRANTS

First IE Board President and WaMu Executive Closes a Chapter

New Director of Legacy House

July 1, 2009 - Issue 36 Vol. 13 - Around the Nation

Filipinos among biggest US spenders

MAN KILLED BY TEENS IN QUEENS

RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS, CALL TO ACTION IN DC

California Legislator Seeks Apology AND Reparations for Chinese

MULTICULTURAL PROGRAM INVOKES STEREOTYPES

JUDGE PRESIDING OVER DISCRIMINTION CASE, REFERS TO ASIANS AS ‘ORIENTALS’

TERRACOTTA WARRIORS RE-EXCAVATED