Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain is an online and print journalist whose work has appeared on TVW News, AOL/Patch, The Olympian and other news organizations. She is also the former Editorial Director at The Seattle Globalist. Venice has covered diversity, education, local news and politics. She also is a past Seattle chapter president of the Asian American Journalists Association.
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Rita Zawaideh holds a donated Epipen, that will be taken to Jordan during a humanitarian mission to aid Syrian refugee. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Seattle Globalist picks up regional SPJ Excellence in Journalism awards

by Venice Buhain
Seattle Globalist writers took home several plaques from the Western Washington SPJ chapter's Excellence in Journalism awards, including Educator of the Year.
Jun 15, 2015

Spokane NAACP president questioned on her racial identity

by Venice Buhain
Rachel Dolezal, the president of the Spokane NAACP, has claimed she is part black, but her parents say she has been misleading the public about her race.
Jun 12, 2015

Visiting UW professor becomes nation’s first Latino poet laureate

by Venice Buhain
Juan Felipe Herrera is the first Latino poet laureate of the United States.
Jun 11, 2015

Transgender teen crowned Renton High School prom queen

by Venice Buhain
Brooklyn Buenaventura, a teenanger who is transgender, was crowned Renton High School prom queen Saturday night, KING 5 news reported.
Jun 8, 2015

Court rules against granting American Samoans citizenship at birth

by Venice Buhain
American Samoa remains the the only place on U.S. soil where someone can be born without getting full U.S. citizenship rights.
Jun 5, 2015

Columbia Center reportedly sold to Hong Kong investors

by Venice Buhain
A group of Hong Kong investors is set to buy the Columbia Center, the tallest building in Seattle, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Jun 2, 2015

Nestora Salgado moved to medical unit in Mexico City prison

by Venice Buhain
Nestora Salgado, who had been head of a community police force, has been transferred from a maximum security prison to a medical unit in Mexico City.

Yakima set to elect first Latino city council member

by Venice Buhain
Many of Yakima's Latino residents hope they'll finally have representation after a federal judge ordered new city council district elections.
May 29, 2015

John Kerry makes case for Trans-Pacific Partnership at Boeing visit

by Venice Buhain
Secretary of State John Kerry stopped at the Renton Boeing plant and defended the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has been met with skepticism by some.
May 19, 2015

Seattle backpackers believed dead after Nepal quakes

by Venice Buhain
The families of Bailey Meola and Sydney Schumacher announced that they'd called off their search of earthquake-ravaged areas of Nepal.
May 15, 2015

Renton woman Nestora Salgado on hunger strike in Mexican prison

by Venice Buhain
Nestora Salgado Garcia, who ran a community police force in Mexico until her arrest in 2013, is protesting her conditions and her detention.

Tough talk about teacher diversity in Tukwila School District

by Venice Buhain
While most agree that teacher diversity needs to improve at the Tukwila School District, local members of the NAACP disagree with the district on the path.
May 13, 2015

UK news report links ISIS recruiter to Seattle

by Venice Buhain
A British news organization linked a Seattle woman to recruitment for the Islamic State, citing her posts on social media.
Apr 29, 2015

Kent woman wins fight for African hair braiding

by Venice Buhain
Natural African hair braiding officially can be done without a license in Washington after a Kent woman challenged the state.
Apr 13, 2015

Japanese clothier Uniqlo unveils plans for Bellevue Square

by Venice Buhain
Uniqlo is also known for stocking a wide rage of sizes including small, a relief for smaller adults tired of shopping in the children's sections.
Apr 9, 2015

Man sought in alleged hate crime after hateful remarks, showing gun to Muslim woman

by Venice Buhain
It's the latest incident that has raised concerns about hate crimes against Muslims in Washington.
Apr 2, 2015

Seattle votes to oppose fast-track of Trans-Pacific Partnership

by Venice Buhain
The city of Seattle unanimously approved a resolution Monday opposing the fast-track consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and expressing concerns about aspects of the multi-national deal.
Mar 31, 2015

Amanda Knox acquitted by Italy’s highest court

by Venice Buhain
Seattle woman Amanda Knox is free after her acquittal Friday night of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, where they were studying abroad.
Mar 27, 2015

Madeleine Albright’s pins made statements to world leaders

by Venice Buhain
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold that position, didn’t just wear her lapel pins for fashion. Albright sent pointed messages to world leaders with her brooches. “I found that jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal,” Albright said in a statement released by the Bellevue Arts Museum, which has […]
Mar 24, 2015

New Seattle Police leadership: the international connection

by Venice Buhain
Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole's new appointments announced yesterday add even more connections to the British Isles.
Mar 12, 2015