Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Steven Kim, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
The Year of the Dragon is turning out to be pretty good so far. This week, King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Steven Kim boarded a plan to Seoul. He has an impressive task ahead, too, helping South Korea’s judicial system adopt a jury system, much like that of the United States.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address this week, he tackled many important issues, but we latched onto the moment when he said, “Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to [...]
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27
Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, some Japanese, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other ethnicities are all celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. While the traditions of each culture differ somewhat, there is one unifying aspect to all of them.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27
Posted on 12 January 2012. Tags: 2011, Vol 31 No 3 | January 14 - January 20
Don’t let your cynical friends sway you. Making New Year’s resolutions is always a good idea. We like to jump on any chance we get to work on self-improvement.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/20
Posted on 05 January 2012.
This week, the contentious friction between Oakland’s mayor Jean Quan and her constituents continues heating up. She started her administration with such promise, too.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/13
Posted on 29 December 2011.
Last week, criminal military charges were filed against eight soldiers for involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, and assault, among other charges, for the death of Pvt. Danny Chen. Chen shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what some say were assaults and ethnic taunting from his fellow soldiers.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 1 | 12/31/11-1/6/12
Posted on 22 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Vol 30 No 52 | December 24 - December 30
There are two changes coming that aren’t thrilling many. One is the tolling on the 520 bridge, slated to begin Dec. 29. The other is a plastic bags ban, which will likely be implemented in July.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 52 | 12/24-12/30
Posted on 15 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23
Here is a story that we read online recently, and maybe it’s familiar to you, too. A six-year-old child opens gifts upon mountains of brightly colored gifts. The holiday gifts are from various relatives, but mostly, they are from the child’s grandparents, who must have spent hundreds of dollars on the presents.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 51 | 12/17-12/23
Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Vol 30 No 50 | December 10 - December 16
On our front page this week, we ran a story about Danny Vega, a Filipino American who died from injuries sustained during a beating by three young men. Though a very sad story, we found it heartening that many within the Filipino community have rallied around this tragedy, urgently working to make sure something like [...]
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 50 | 12/10-12/16
Posted on 01 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Christina Yao, Do-Ho Suh, Gahee Bae, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9
This week, we ran three stories about artists on our front page. We showcased movie producer and director Christina Yao, award-winning fashion designer Gahee Bae, and famed South Korean visual and multimedia artist Do-Ho Suh.
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Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/9