Wednesday VOICES

MGM Resorts tosses longtime Vegas freebie: parking

While many metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York charge astronomical hourly fees for parking, it has been a tradition for hotels on the Las Vegas Strip to offer free parking to their guests since it was ...

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Job that no one wants? AAJA president

When Yvonne Leow talks about the reasons why AAJA members should vote for her as president on Thursday at the national convention in Las Vegas, she doesn’t have to worry about losing the election. That’s because there’s no one running ...

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AAJA Asia chapter links local and international journalists together

The first overseas chapter of the AAJA garnered skepticism when it was first introduced twenty years ago, with only a handful of members. Since then, the AAJA Asia chapter has flourished.

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ACLU: Las Vegas police policy shows power of body-worn cameras

Despite tensions over recent police killings of black people, police departments across the U.S. have been slow to equip officers with a tool civil rights activists say can help avert future tragedies: body-worn cameras. “It’s happening, we always wish it ...

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Competition for Asian hires increases as new Asian-themed casinos being built

Casino executives on the Las Vegas Strip are bracing for competition with the opening of two new Asian-themed hotels, which they worry will make the fight for Asian-language speaking workers even more challenging.

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A walk through SoMa StrEat Food Park

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“Fresh Off the Boat” gives U.S. a leading Asian family, 20 years after “All-American Girl”

The entire middle school lunchroom is watching as a black boy calls a Taiwanese boy a dreaded slur in the pilot episode of “Fresh Off the Boat.” In a moment that becomes the climax to 12-year-old Eddie Huang’s terrible first ...

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Sausalito houseboat neighborhood adds flavor to this dock of the bay

The homes in this unique San Francisco neighborhood are on the water.

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Fatal Amtrak crash thrust AAJA President Paul Cheung into the news

Asking questions is like a hot cup of coffee for journalists: always there and smooth to the tongue. But asking questions is rarely a reciprocal act for reporters. While AAJA president Paul Cheung has told others’ stories, the Associated Press’ ...

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Why Democracy isn’t for everyone, at least in Singapore

When Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew died this March, questions rang out across the globe. Was this the end of an era?  More specifically, as an international student from neighboring Malaysia watching from abroad, I wondered: Would it ...

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