Heirius Howell, who says he was in the King County Juvenile Detention Facility about 14 times as a child addressed the crowd at an MLK Day rally in January. (Photo by Alex Garland)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.