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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“Mama” closes coffee kiosk on 23rd, citing disruptive road construction

by Venice Buhain
The long road construction project on 23rd Avenue has been been too much for one small business owner — "Mama's" announced its closure this week.
May 26, 2016

Ex-interim SeaTac city manager sought to map Muslims, says report

by Venice Buhain
City of SeaTac staff members were "alarmed" by former interim City Manager James "Donny" Payne's inquiries about Muslims and East African immigrants.
May 24, 2016
Alec Connon (right) helps tow an extra kayak for Bill and Melinda. (Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

Gates Foundation divests from BP

by Venice Buhain
News reports say the Gates Foundation Trust's holdings in oil, coal and gas stocks have dropped 85 percent since 2014.
May 17, 2016

Watchdog group tracks Seattle e-waste to Hong Kong junkyard

by Venice Buhain
Laptops, monitors and other devices from Seattle and other parts of the country have been tracked to junkyards in developing countries.
May 11, 2016

Police say no hate crime in Hamza Warsame’s death

by Venice Buhain
People in Seattle's Somali and Muslim communities felt the the 16-year-old's death was not investigated seriously until after community outcry.
May 10, 2016

Washington state community leaders denounce Trump ahead of planned rallies

by Venice Buhain
Gov. Jay Inslee and others gathered at El Centro de la Raza Friday to denounce presidential contender Donald J. Trump, one day before he visits Washington.
May 6, 2016
The Northwest Detention Center, a privately run facility that holds immigrants awaiting court dates and deportation. In 2010 the facility, near downtown Tacoma, was expanded to house up to 1,575 detainees. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Judge rules Somali teen unlawfully detained at Northwest Detention Center

by Venice Buhain
A judge ruled immigration officials went against federal policy and used a dental exam to determine that a 17-year-old Somali asylum seeker was an adult.
May 5, 2016

First Zika case identified in King County

by Venice Buhain
A King County resident who had been in Colombia was diagnosed with the Zika infection, the first case in the county.
May 4, 2016

23 Seattle landlords charged in discrimination probe

by Venice Buhain
As hard as it might be to rent in Seattle, families with children, people with disabilities and people with federal housing assistance have it harder, a city probe found. A city of Seattle investigation has resulted in 23 director’s charges against landlords for violations of fair housing laws, the city announced this week. The Seattle Office […]
May 3, 2016
Kenneth Bae in China before his arrest. (Photo courtesy FreeKenNow.com)

Kenneth Bae releases memoir of time served in North Korea

by Venice Buhain
Kenneth Bae, a Lynnwood missionary who spent two years of a 15-year-sentence of hard labor, is the longest serving U.S. citizen jailed in North Korea.
Fourteen year Wal-Mart employee Mary Watkins (right) marches in support of a $15 minimum wage in Seattle. (Photo by Reagan Jackson)

US Supreme Court rejects franchise challenge to Seattle $15 minimum wage

by Venice Buhain
Seattle's $15 minimum wage law says franchises must raise wages on the same schedule as big businesses.
May 2, 2016

New name for Squaw Bay on state agenda

by Venice Buhain
A name change from Squaw Bay to Sq'emenen Bay would be the latest Washington state place name to change because of a racially offensive word.
Apr 28, 2016

Seattle woman reported missing during solo Mexico backpack trip

by Venice Buhain
Jenny Chen, 26, was backpacking in Mexico for several weeks. Her friends last heard from her April 11, her husband says.
Apr 27, 2016

Poetry on Buses returns, with expansion of multilingual outreach

by Venice Buhain
The program will host workshops for Chinese, Ethiopian, Punjabi, Spanish-speaking, African American and Tlingit communities.
Apr 26, 2016

Seattle church hit with racist graffiti over weekend

by Venice Buhain
Curry Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church has set up a fundraiser to help pay for the cleanup and plans a prayer vigil at 10 a.m. Saturday April 30.
Apr 25, 2016

Now free, Nestora Salgado continues her fight against corruption in Mexico

by Venice Buhain
Nestora Salgado is now a free woman, but that doesn't mean her fight is over. She says she intends to continue to fight corruption in Mexico.
Unaccompanied migrant children at a Department of Health and Human Services facility in south Texas (Photo courtesy U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar)

Tentative proposal in children’s lawsuit for right to lawyer in deportation cases

by Venice Buhain
A federal judge in Seattle tentatively proposed which children could join a class action lawsuit on lack of access to legal help in deportation cases.
Apr 21, 2016

Harriet Tubman to be new face of $20

by Venice Buhain
Black anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill.
Apr 20, 2016

Some Seattle families see “glimmer of hope” in Obama’s deferred action programs

by Venice Buhain
Seattle families voiced support this week for President Obama's immigration overhaul that came before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Muslim American engineer, others respond to aerospace exec’s anti-mosque campaign

by Venice Buhain
The connection of Electroimpact president Peter Zieve to an anonymous mailing regarding a proposed mosque in Mukilteo has sparked a backlash.
Apr 15, 2016