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Thai space startup launches experiments with Bezos rocket

by Taylor McAvoy

A Thai satellite startup used a Bezos-built rocket to launch food, experiments, and cultural objects into space last month just to see what would happen.

Seattle preps for census, says citizenship question could intimidate immigrants

by Rahwa Hailemariam

The Department of Commerce, which runs the Census, announced plans to include a new question asking respondents about their citizenship status. Critics, including Seattle and King County officials, say that could suppress participation in communities of color.

“Not Your Typical Muslims” explores spectrum of identities

by Reagan Jackson

Photographer Garo Guyo wants to bring awareness to the diverse identities and perspectives in the Muslim community.

Emmerson Mnangagwa elected president of Zimbabwe

by Global Press News Service

Emmerson Mnangagwa is the first elected president of Zimbabwe after longtime President Robert Mugabe was pushed out of office last year.

Three Seattle-area families join new challenge to Trump travel ban in court

by John Stang

Three Seattle-area families are among 15 individuals who are claiming in federal court that the waiver process for Trump's travel ban is too arbitrary.

Filipino Americans champion legacy in Chinatown International District

by Kamna Shastri

After the Filipino history of the Chinatown International District was nearly deleted from a Seattle city resolution, a group works to revive that legacy.

More than 18,000 in Seattle caught in citizenship backlog, city says

by Globalist Staff

There are more than 753,000 naturalization application cases pending nationally, up from previous years.

Seattle plastic straw ban a piercing problem for bubble tea shops

by Grace Madigan

Bubble tea stores — with their iconic wide, piercing straws — have had to adjust as Seattle's ban on plastic straws came into effect this month.

Facebook signs pact with Washington state to end discriminatory ad practices

by Venice Buhain

Before Facebook began changing its third-party advertising platform, advertisers had been allowed to exclude users based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and other categories.

No such thing as a free cow: Rwanda program sees mixed results

by Global Press News Service

“When I was given a cow, I thought it’d help me make a living and get everything I want,” said Innocent Bwicubugize, who received a cow from the Rwandan government as part of a poverty-alleviation program.

Burien mayor says attacker referenced city’s sanctuary policies

by Venice Buhain

Burien police say an assault on Mayor Jimmy Matta during the Olde Burien Block Party is being investigated as a possible hate crime, because the suspect mentioned the mayor's ethnicity.

“Persimmon Nights” mixes theater and Korean cuisine

by Andrew Hamlin

The audiences of "Persimmon Nights," running at Cafe Nordo through July 29, experience the rise and fall of an Asian American nightclub owner through music, drama — and flavor.

More than 100 organizations sign opposition to youth jail

by Naomi Ishisaka

Organizations ranging from Campus Animal Rights Educators to Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project signed on to support a moratorium on construction of the new King County Children and Family Justice Center.

Dispatches from Seattle’s anti-ICE vigil

by Gavin Amos-Lopez

The Community Alliance for Global Justice is organizing daily vigils from 8-10am through this Friday July 20 at 1000 2nd Ave in downtown Seattle.

Corruption and danger on the streets of Kampala

by Global Press News Service

Stolen license plates. Fake taxi passengers. Corruption infects the commute in Uganda's capital city.

Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a Latino/a Culture set to open in south Seattle next year

by John Stang

The first major museum devoted to Latino history in Washington state, the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a Latino/a Culture, is slated to open in South Park in early 2019.

Seattle International Butoh Festival runs through July 15

by Andrew Hamlin

The eight-member DAIPANButoh Collective hosts the ninth annual Seattle International Butoh Festival, running through July 15 at various spaces around Seattle and Shoreline, featuring both dancers from their own troupe and performers from around the world.

Reinventing yourself: a conversation with Dr. Nell Irvin Painter

by Reagan Jackson

At 64, Nell Irvin Painter retired from her successful career in academia and set off for art school.

The greatest choice his parents ever made for him

by Ryan Phelan

"You go to a store, people try to talk to you, say, "Hey, uh, you can't touch that, you can't touch that." But you can only look at their facial expression, looking like, oh, they're screaming at me, what are they really saying?"

Danica Groah came to the US from Germany in 2006. (Photo courtesy Danica Groah)

Gambling on returning to United States

by Zach Jablonski

"Coming from Germany where there is not a lot of space, we have small cars...the first time I was over here and I look around at this really big Dodge Ram Ford F-150 or whatever driving next to the bus, which is already big and I’m like “Holy sh*t, what is that thing? Is that a tank?”