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		<title>COMMENTARY: Sen. Paull Shin announces stance on Marriage Equality Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 7 | 2/11-2/17]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 7 | February 11 - February 17]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sen. Paull Shin For Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: Sen. Paull Shin issued the following statement on his vote on Senate Bill 6239 to allow same-sex marriage. I want to thank you for your understanding during these past weeks as I considered my vote on Senate Bill 6239 concerning marriage equality. My office has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Do elite colleges in the nation discriminate against Asians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 7 | February 11 - February 17]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Lee Northwest Asian Weekly January 16 was a federal holiday celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.  King’s legacy upholds the principle that all people, regardless of race or creed, should be treated as equals. In a democratic society, education should function as the great equalizer. Through hard work and diligence, anyone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Stereotyped impressions of North Koreans hurting Korean reunification</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2012/01/commentary-stereotyped-impressions-of-north-koreans-hurting-korean-reunification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vernasius T. Tandia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia By Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia For Northwest Asian Weekly Compared to about a decade ago, when there was widespread opposition to reunification, a growing number of Koreans now seem to be settling for it. With increasing public discourse on the issue, including the current jostling over a mandatory reunification tax, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Be a real person and log off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 51 | 12/17-12/23]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By The-Anh Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Facebook. Voxer. Myspace. Twitter. Text messaging. They are destroying our society. What has Facebook done for you? Facebook is a support group for gossiping and garbage conversations. Have you given your acquaintances the green light to invade your privacy? Please don’t be so cheap. Is your friend so preoccupied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader&#8217;s Corner: Forced to flee: voices and visions from the Thai-Burma border, put on paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/9]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Erika Berg For Northwest Asian Weekly In September 2007, the world’s attention was riveted by video footage of never-ending columns of saffron-robed monks streaming through the streets of Burma. Overnight, the government had removed all fuel subsidies, spiking food prices. Moved by the people’s despair, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks took to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPINION: Sen. Shin supports governor’s sales tax proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Paull Shin is supporting Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to ask the voters to increase the state sales tax in order to offset the drastic cuts that would be necessary to balance the state budget. But he is concerned that the increase doesn’t go far enough. Shin, D-Edmonds, said that in the 43 years he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: America — no place for moderates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Susan L. Cassidy For Northwest Asian Weekly Where has my country gone? I am one of the millions of Americans who has no interest in my neighbor’s religion. I care that they obey the law and rake their leaves. I am grateful that they welcomed me into the neighborhood with brownies. I have no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>READER&#8217;S CORNER: The pitfalls of being an American in China</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/11/readers-corner-the-pitfalls-of-being-an-american-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 47 | 11/19-11/25]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Colgan Chan For Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: Being fans of his blog, “The ABCs of China,” which details the adventures and cultural differences he experiences in Asia, we asked Colgan Chan if he’d write something special for the newspaper. Chan is an American student studying in China. When I was asked to write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>READER&#8217;S CORNER: Have you ever gambled or are you still gambling? Can you join me in saying, ‘I have never gambled in my life?’</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/11/readers-corner-have-you-ever-gambled-or-are-you-still-gambling-can-you-join-me-in-saying-%e2%80%98i-have-never-gambled-in-my-life%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 45 | 11/5-11/11]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gideon Sanoy For Northwest Asian Weekly The phone rang. Being a new desk clerk at the Bush Hotel, which is owned and managed by SCIDpda (Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation Authority), I was excited to answer, “This is the Bush Hotel. May I help you?” He asked me in what area the hotel is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Families and education levy hold key to livable wage jobs for our children</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/10/commentary-families-and-education-levy-hold-key-to-livable-wage-jobs-for-our-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 44 | 10/29-11/4]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Janice Deguchi and Kristina Johnson For Northwest Asian Weekly By 2018, 67 percent of jobs in Washington will require post-secondary education. Today, only 25 percent of King County residents who have a bachelor’s degree or higher were born in Washington state. The City of Seattle elections are quickly approaching, and on the ballot this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: A case for more diversity in our state’s highest court</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/10/commentary-a-case-for-more-diversity-in-our-state%e2%80%99s-highest-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 43 | 10/22-10/28]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sharon Sakamoto For Northwest Asian Weekly For some time now, our state’s highest court has lacked a justice who can represent the many, many communities of color throughout Washington. As noted in several recent articles and in ongoing community conversations, Gov. Chris Gregoire has a record short on the appointment of qualified persons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Grants provide technology access for the underserved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 42 | 10/15-10/21]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bruce Harrell For Northwest Asian Weekly As the [City of Seattle’s Energy, Technology, and Civil Rights Committee] chair, I am pleased to announce that $320,000 in grants have been given by the City’s Technology Matching Fund (TMF). (Established in 1997, the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund supports projects that reach technologically underserved communities, thereby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: A better tomorrow doesn’t have to cost a lot</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/09/commentary-a-better-tomorrow-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-cost-a-lot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 39 | 9/24-9/30]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By The-Anh Nguyen For Northwest Asian Weekly In a CBS News article that ran on Sept. 7, Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, announced that it is time to withhold campaign contributions and challenged other CEOS to join in his cause. Additionally, he took out a full page of advertisement in USA Today promoting the phrase, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readers&#8217; Corner: Graduating is not just something to look forward to</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/08/readers-corner-graduating-is-not-just-something-to-look-forward-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dickie Lau For Northwest Asian Weekly As a graduate, you must be looking forward to college life and beyond. But if you stop a while, look back to your past, you will have an unexpected discovery. Harbour Pointe Middle School (HPMS) National Junior Honor Society hosted its Recognition Banquet in June. The HPMS recognition banquet was organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: How I walked from the dirt road to college</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/07/commentary-how-i-walked-from-the-dirt-road-to-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By The-anh Nguyen For Northwest Asian Weekly It was three months before my last year as a senior at West Seattle High School. My English teacher pulled me aside and said, “Sweetie. You will have a serious problem in college. I cannot believe that you didn’t get any help, or that no one had addressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: First Hill Streetcar to threaten access to International District Village Square</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/07/commentary-first-hill-streetcar-to-threaten-access-to-international-district-village-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teresita Batayola, Maiko Winkler-Chin, and Janice Deguchi For Northwest Asian Weekly Approaching International District/Chinatown from the southeast, you are quickly in the midst of vibrant activity centered on 8th Avenue South, with South Dearborn and South Lane Streets as its borders. A community clinic, a senior assisted living facility, and an early childhood education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Have offshore accounts? There’s something you must know about taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/06/commentary-have-offshore-accounts-there%e2%80%99s-something-you-must-know-about-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 26 | 6/25-7/1]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 26 | June 25 - July 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Mandy Cao For Northwest Asian Weekly My name is Mandy, and I am an IRS Enrolled Agent (EA) and the owner of an accounting and taxation office in Tukwila. During the past tax filing season, I once again realized the fact that the majority of U.S. tax payers are not aware of all their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Commemorate World Refugee Day with pride</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Farooq Kathwari White House blog My journey to America began like those of many who seek refuge away from their home countries. At the age of 21, I left the beautiful mountains of Kashmir, which had become a region of conflict, for the safety of the United States. I worked hard, going to night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader&#8217;s Corner: Make a difference through Bellevue LifeSpring</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/06/readers-corner-make-a-difference-through-bellevue-lifespring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 25 | 6/18-6/24]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 25 | June 18 - June 24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Shao Zhi Hurst For Northwest Asian Weekly I arrived, straight from China, in the Northwest on a sunny mid-September morning six years ago. My fiancée lived in Bellevue and worked in Seattle, so while I stayed at home practicing my English, I looked around for someone to talk with. The only neighbor who appeared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Seize the time again … again!</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/05/commentary-seize-the-time-again-%e2%80%a6-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 9 and March 2, 1971, the Oriental Student Union, led by co-chairs Alan Sugiyama and Mike Tagawa, led demonstrations at Seattle Central Community College]]></description>
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