Asian American history

Public schools in Washington could be required to add Asian American and Pacific Island American cultures to the list of communities they must cover in social studies classes.

Julian Saporiti turned his Ph.D. dissertation into the musical project No-No Boy. He's released a number of songs that explore the untold histories of Asian Americans and immigrants.

As a Japanese American kid, Julia Furukawa grew up seeing Gary Locke as one of the few Asian faces in politics. Locke was the first Chinese American…