The landmark bookstore in Pioneer Square will be moving to a new location on Capitol Hill this spring. The Elliot Bay Book Company, which has called Pioneer Square home for 36 years, drives traffic to the recently fledgling business district and many nearby business owners hoped the famous Seattle landmark would continue operations in their [...]
The holidays are upon us and it’s my first holiday season back in Seattle where I can celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year with my family since I left more than 12 years ago. As with most Asian families, our holidays and celebrations revolve around some aspect of eating. It’s part of our cultural [...]
In the supposedly post-racial Obama era, most people would now find it unfathomable that a race-based attack in high school could happen, yet on Dec. 3 twenty-six Asian students, both international and US-born, were deliberately attacked by their peers at a South Philadelphia high school. Apparently, racial tension at this high school have been escalating. [...]
It was more than ten years ago, in 1999, when I first discovered that my wife was having serious problems with short-term memory. We were on a walking tour of Provence in southern France when I noticed that Linda had forgotten to bring several items for our vacation. After we arrived in Paris, we spent [...]
The shooting of thirteen soldiers at Ft. Hood, Texas last month highlighted the emotional and psychological stresses on military personnel facing two active wars and multiple deployments. Although a significant number of returning soldiers report experiencing psychological wounds, many are reluctant to reach out for help, fearing damage to their careers or reputations with the [...]
Chamber of Commerce officials and business owners say that federal stimulus money has not been effective at helping minority-owned businesses in Washington even though $5.4 billion has been awarded to the state, according to the Web Site recovery.gov. According to the most recent data published by the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency [...]
January Barack Obama is inaugurated on Jan. 20 as America’s first African American president. After sucking flocks of birds into two engines, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger lands a US Airways passenger jet into the Hudson River, saving 155 lives. Octo-mom Nadya Suleman gives birth to eight more children in addition to the six she was raising. [...]
This is one of the many penetrating voices of Asian American activists that you will find in “The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community Vision, and Power”. Tracy Lai and her co-authors offer a brilliant historical account of the Asian American Movement from a grassroots perspective that includes the visions and actions of everyday [...]
The Japanese Consulate-General wants Americans to see Japan in person. To that end, the Consulate-General works with the Japan Foundation to produce an annual series of events aimed at promoting understanding of Japanese culture. Most recently, this partnership brought to Seattle a lecture and performance of Kabuki entitled “Backstage to Hanamichi: A Behind the Scenes [...]
