Images of the Dream: Thousands march for justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Sloane Leong explores the intergalactic comic-book world of Indigenous sci-fi

by Sarah Hansell | March 14th, 2018

Growing up on Maui with no comics scene to speak of, Sloane Leong started teaching herself how to create comics at age 12. By age 16, she’d self-published her first comic, “Crooked Root,” a “scary comedic short” about a bunny and a cyclops. On March 7, she...
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Black Panther: The Marvel film’s meaning runs deep

by Cliff Cawthon | March 7th, 2018

“Black Panther” was amazing. It was exquisitely choreographed and exceptionally well-written. Marvel Studios’ 18th installment also presented a story that spoke to the nuance, importance and timeliness for the everyday lived experiences, thoughts and...
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Rampant Radicals: Roi-Martin Brown

by Bri Little | February 21st, 2018

Rampant Radicals is a monthly report about Seattle's change makers from the Real Change Advocacy Department

Roi-Martin Brown jokingly calls himself “the last Black man in Seattle.” He was orphaned as an infant and adopted by a Black family in the late ’50s. He feels lucky that he now owns his childhood home in the Central District, and he works with Washington...
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Enduring Query: Artist Lisa Myers Bulmash explores the complex experience of being Black in the PNW at NAAM

by Lisa Edge | February 21st, 2018

The question “Where are you from?” and its variations may seem benign on the surface. After all, it’s a seemingly innocent question brought on by curiosity. But for communities of color the inquiry is too often weighed down by preconceived notions,...
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Cory Booker talks housing, environment & employment for all

by Street Sense, | February 7th, 2018

In this interview, conducted by Street Sense Media vendor and contributor Aida Peery, the theme of empowering low-income communities of color arises in each of the issues he speaks most passionately about. Booker calls the criminal justice system “broken,” and its reform informs much of his legislative agenda, including a push to legalize marijuana. While he has found cross-aisle co-sponsors in bills addressing those issues, it is the senator’s progressive idealism regarding income inequality, criminal justice and health care that shines through in this candid interview.
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Signing Off: Journalist Enrique Cerna departing KCTS after 23 years

by Lisa Edge | February 7th, 2018

Enrique Cerna has enjoyed a career in broadcast journalism spanning more than four decades. The length of time he’s spent in the business is an accomplishment in and of itself. Working in news is often stressful, requiring long hours, thick skin and...
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All Home conducts its second Count Us In census of homeless people

by Lisa Sawyer | January 31st, 2018

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Early in the morning on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, about 1,000 volunteers and guides traveled throughout King County to count all the homeless people who were sleeping outside after the shelters were full and closed. We count homeless people in lots of ways,...
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Rampant Radicals: Shaun Scott

by Bri Little | January 31st, 2018

Rampant Radicals is a monthly report about Seattle's change makers from the Real Change Advocacy Department

Shaun Scott is a politically active millennial, who is, unsurprisingly, interested in how millennials participate in politics. The filmmaker-turned-organizer and writer is a New York City native who has lived in Seattle for 25 years. He worked as an...
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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women activists speak solidarity and justice at Seattle’s Women’s March

by Hannah Myrick | January 24th, 2018

On the morning of the Seattle Womxn’s March, Cal Anderson Park smelled of burnt sage, an herbal smell that represents a process of soothing the spirit, cleansing and sending a prayer into the sky. Activists with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (...
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Images of the Dream: Thousands march for justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

by Jon Williams | January 17th, 2018

The Rev. Dr. George Noble of Restoration Bible Church and Aleena Edwards, 9, photograph the crowd. Photo by Jon Williams Barbara Rockey lights up the crowd with a Mahalia Jackson song at the front of the March Monday near Garfield High School. Photo by Jon...
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