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Bread prepared for a workshop at The Grain Gathering. (Photo by Anna Goren)

At celebration of Washington wheat, author urges global food consciousness

by Anna Goren
Bread lovers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your grains.
Aug 28, 2014
Lee Robinson shows off freshly roasted beans from the Ometepe Island in Nicaragua. (Photo by Hannah Myrick)

Grassroots coffee company bonds Bainbridge Island with Nicaragua

by Hannah Myrick
What started as a Reagan-era political protest has grown into a thirty year relationship driven by the Northwest's love of coffee.
Aug 27, 2014

Why block the boat? Resistance from Ferguson to Palestine to the Philippines

by Jill Mangaliman
Northwest activists are attempting to block an Israeli shipping company from unloading at Puget Sound ports in order to put a dent in the dollars funding Israel's military actions in Gaza.
Aug 25, 2014
Sandy Malegon is crowned Queen of the 2014 Afro-Mexican Carnival. (Photo by Reagan Jackson)

Soup or Salad: Afro-American cultural erasure in the U.S. and Mexico

by Reagan Jackson
What’s worse, to lose your life because you're seen as a threat, or to lose your identity to no longer be threatening?
Aug 22, 2014
Climbers in the midst of a small avalanche during an Everest ascent. (Photo by Lloyd Smith)

Seattle Sherpas weigh role at Everest after deadly avalanche

by Sarah Stuteville
Members of the Northwest Sherpa community are collecting money to aid the families of Sherpas killed in April’s big avalanche on Mount Everest, and some are rethinking their careers as mountain guides.
Demonstrators at Westlake Park last weekend protest a rash of police killing civilians. (Photo by Sara McCaslin)

How our police became soldiers (and how we can change them back)

by Lael Henterly
The standoff in Ferguson has Seattleites wondering what kind of paramilitary equipment our local police are packing.
Aug 20, 2014
Participants in the Muslim Youth Leadership Program pose for a photo behind the Northwest Cable News desk. (Photo courtesy CAIR-WA)

Young Muslims seek careers correcting media misrepresentations

by Atoosa Sonia Moinzadeh
Can training young Muslims for leadership roles improve public perceptions of Islam?

Historias Indígenas: Indigenous Mexican women fight back against violence and corruption

by Liliana Caracoza
Alcoholism, domestic violence, corruption, poverty — the deck is stacked against the women of high altitude indigenous communities in Veracruz. But an upstart human rights group is helping them turn the tables.
Aug 19, 2014
Harold Jones, a paralegal specialist and diversity officer at Navy Medicine Support Command, reads to first-grade students as part of a community volunteer program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bruce Cummins)

South King County schools see big wins getting immigrant parents involved

by Kamna Shastri
For the first time this year, the majority of kids enrolled in American public schools will be minorities. Some local school districts are ready.
Aug 18, 2014

Final week at the Globalist for staffer Sara McCaslin

by Jessica Partnow
The Seattle Globalist bids a fond farewell to staffer Sara McCaslin this week, who will be starting a new position with SEIU Sept. 1st.
Campers at Kids4Peace in Mount Vernon play piano together. (Photo by Deborah Espinosa)

During summer of war, kids at Mount Vernon camp study peace

by Sarah Stuteville
As missiles and airstrikes fill this summer’s news out of Israel and Gaza, a group of 35 American and Middle Eastern youth of different faiths gathered at a summer camp to train as the next generation of peacemakers.
Aug 15, 2014
SPD Chief of Police Kathleen O'Toole. (Photo courtesy Seattle Police Department)

New SPD chief calls for more diverse, representative police force

by Chris Leggett
Two months into her tenure as Seattle police chief, Kathleen O’Toole told representatives of the ethnic press that the force should be more representative of the communities they're policing.
Aug 14, 2014
Roll OK Please founder Shama Joshi (center) flanked by helpers Seema Pai and Mani Singh. (Photo by Ana Sofia Knauf)

Fledgling food truck rolls out authentic Indian street cuisine

by Ana Sofia Knauf
Food truck entrepreneur Shama Joshi wants to show Seattleites what real Indian street food is all about.
(Image by Mintwab Zemeadim)

I AM ETHIOPIA: The cross-cultural vision of photographer Mintwab Zemeadim

by Aida Solomon
The final installment of Globalist Apprentice Aida Solomon's series "I AM ETHIOPIA" profiles an artist who's recasting mainstream media images of her home country.
Aug 13, 2014

Era Schrepfer named 2014 Globalist of the Year

by Sara McCaslin
The Seattle Globalist is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Globie Awards. Help us honor the winners at The Globies on Saturday, September 27th at Washington Hall.
Aug 12, 2014
Israeli soldiers patrol a Palestinian protest in Hebron earlier this month. (Photo by Thomas James)

Israel’s only way out of perpetual war

by Gil Bar-Sela
A former Israeli soldier who now studies conflict resolution in Seattle argues that Israel's only hope for peace is to move past collective trauma and military tactics

Struggling to talk about Israel? Start by listening

by Anna Goren
For young progressive Jews in the Northwest, talking about Israel with the older generation can be a minefield.
Aug 11, 2014
A rickshaw painted by Bobby Solanki depicts a classic Bollywood scene featuring Amitabh Buchchan and Rekha. (Photo from Flickr by Meena Kadri)

Planet Bollywood makes its mark on the Pacific Northwest

by Sarah Stuteville
From Facebook groups to festivals, dance parties to college courses, our region enthusiastically celebrates the global powerhouse that is Bollywood, the Indian film industry.
Aug 8, 2014
Protestors mimic force-feeding detainees at an August 2nd demonstration at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. (Photo from NWDC Resistance Facebook Page )

Tensions rise at Tacoma detention center, with little room for negotiation

by Lael Henterly
Immigrant detainees in the Northwest are caught between an antagonistic federal agency, a profit-hungry corporation and a dysfunctional do-nothing Congress.
Aug 7, 2014
Olmec heads on display at the Anthropology Museum in Veracruz are often referenced as evidence of a pre-Columbian connection between Africa and Mexico because of their African features, but most anthropologists dismiss the connection. (Photo by Reagan Jackson)

Explorations in Blackness: Where are all the Afro Mexicans?

by Reagan Jackson
What do Kid Cudi, Lupita Nyong'o and Stacy Dash have in common? They all identify as Afro-Mexican. But as columnist Reagan Jackson discovered, finding people who identify that way in Mexico isn't so easy.