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What is Halal? Why should you eat Halal even if you are not a Muslim!

Halal encompasses more than just meat, or even the type of meat eaten, although it is the most discussed type of product consumed.
Jul 14, 2016

Micro is the macro

Microaggression might seem to be small to many of the people but for the victims of microagrression it leaves them with a heavy heart and a messed up self esteem.

What’s making Somali youth ties stronger?

Soccer is transforming the Somali youth community to achieve solidarity among themselves and foster values among children.

You don’t know enough about immigrants’ rights

Awareness regarding immigrant rights is more important than ever before.

Love Just Might be the Next Thing You Find in Seattle!

So have you ever crossed a stranger in Seattle and wondered how finding love could be for a newbie in this lonely city? Here's a take into the top three dating spots in Seattle in the eyes of those who found love here and a sneak peak into their love stories.

Buying Gifts for Peeps Back Home

What Gifts Int'l Students Send back home from USA

101 Ways To Save Food

Putting on the superhero cape, and saving some food. Meet Tim - who saves the world, one can at a time. Buaji drops in to cook food, and relishes it too. Unboxing the ingredients of the food waste mess across two countries - India and USA.

Insider Look at Immigrant Techie’s Life in Seattle

With the huge tech expansion in Seattle, many people from overseas are migrating to Seattle. Including myself, so many other tech minds outside USA, are looking here with utter eagerness due to the lucrative jobs and life that Seattle seems to be offering to a someone who’s looking to get a job or work here. But is the city offering what it seems to be an amazing life for someone starting up in the industry?

Guide to Sri Lankan Travelers

Travel guide for Sri Lankan travelers who comes to Seattle to find Sri Lankan foods and Religious places of worship.

A Bangladeshi story behind the clothes you wear in Seattle

How is Bangladesh apparel industry doing now after going through such nightmares?

5 Somali words I wish we had in English

Out of touch with your cultural roots? Well there's a Somali term just for you that suggests booting you back to your homeland.
Jul 13, 2016

Hope or hoax? Zambia officials warn of herbalists claiming cures for HIV/AIDS

Patients who abandon antiretroviral drugs for herbal medicines risk death, experts say.
David García, Kimberly Gonzalez and Michelle Piñon are ambassadors for the Washington chapter of Latino Outdoors. They all grew up in different parts of southern California and share a passion for the outdoors and the environment. (Photo by Yvonne Rogell)

Latino Outdoors has a simple solution to increase diversity in natural recreation

Why is outdoor recreation is still a predominantly white activity? The local chapter of Latino Outdoors has answers.

The moral urgency of climate action: Why I’m saying #YesOn732

A UW grad student studying climate ethics and justice makes the case for Initiative 732, a carbon pricing plan that will be on the ballot in November.
Jul 12, 2016
Still from the video taken by Diamond Reynolds after police outside St. Paul Minnesota fatally shot her boyfriend Philando Castile. (via Youtube)

White bias in media is ruining your life, whether you realize it or not

What happens when white bias is the norm in media? Unsurprisingly the voices of people of color are marginalized.
Jul 11, 2016

Chinatown/International District survey finds blind spots in Seattle police data

A survey showed that more than half of witnesses don't report crimes. Many of those who don't report say it's because they don't expect police to follow up.
Seattle celebrates Black Lives Matter Friday. (Photo by Jama Abdirahman)

Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to us, too

For many Asian Americans, the strongest urge following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile has been to utter four words to their parents: “We need to talk.”
Jul 9, 2016

More than 1,000 gather in Seattle over fatal officer-involved shootings

Many moved from a Westlake Park vigil over the fatal police shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling to a march on downtown streets.
Jul 8, 2016
A Stand.earth volunteer adds another cup to the more than 8000 hung in the early morning action. (Photo by Esmy Jimenez)

Environmentalists target Starbucks cups in SoDo action

Why were the 8000 Starbucks cups hanging outside the company's headquarters in SoDo yesterday?

Five Dallas police killed, seven wounded, in ambush after protest

The organizer of the protest, which had been peaceful, and other Black Lives Matter groups condemned the shooting.