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Once just a transit point, Mexico becoming home to refugees

by Global Press News Service
For some people seeking refuge or asylum from their countries of origin, Mexico has become not just a stop on the way to the U.S., but a permanent home.
May 24, 2016

The top 10 SIFF movies I’m dying to see

by Reagan Jackson
These ten recommendations for the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival span the globe.
May 23, 2016
Bellevue College (Photo from Flickr by Art Brom)

Hate speech at Bellevue College: Student group demands action

by Joy Okot-Okidi
There have been at least five incidents of hate speech at Bellevue College this year threatening LGBTQ and Muslim students. It's time to take action.

After prison, programs help with tough transition home

by Enrique Pérez De La Rosa
Huskies for Opportunities in Prison Education (HOPE) will host a panel discussion Monday on prison education and its role in the criminal justice system.
May 20, 2016
Jenny Chen, a resident of Wallingford, has gone missing while backpacking in Mexico. Here, Chen is seen while traveling in Puebla, Mexico, in March. (Courtesy of Jonathan Reinhard)

What do you do when a loved one goes missing abroad?

by Sarah Stuteville
Frustration with uncooperative embassies and local police are common when Americans go missing abroad.

EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge

by Reuters
The jet was less than a third full, with 66 people on board, including 30 Egyptian and 15 French nationals.
May 19, 2016

Seattle University sit-in protests curriculum, school culture

by Mahroo Keshavarz
A sit-in at Seattle University protests the Eurocentric curriculum, the school climate and the resignation of the dean of the Matteo Ricci College program.

The most diverse race in state history is for… Lieutenant Governor?

by John Stang
This year’s lieutenant governor race has attracted the most demographically diverse statewide pool of candidates in Washington.
May 18, 2016

What #JournalismSoWhite can learn from Jackie Robinson

by Mark Douglass
“Jackie Robinson,” the latest Ken Burns documentary, informs a new generation about this great American hero. Still, after 70 years of media coverage, the journalism industry has neglected to absorb the strategic lessons Robinson gives us in plain sight to build a more just playing field. 
Grey Filastine, right, with Indonesian rapper Nova. The experimental activist electronic music duo are playing at an undisclosed warehouse location Saturday night. (Courtesy photo by Miguel Edwards)

Veteran anti-capitalist noisemaker Filastine is back in Seattle for a secret show

by Gregory Scruggs
Activist musician Grey Filastine, who cut his teeth raising a ruckus during the WTO riots, returns to Seattle this weekend.
May 17, 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.

June 4: Local media present “Press for the People,” a grassroots workshop

by Christina Twu
Ready to sharpen your pitching and storytelling skills? The Seattle Globalist, Crosscut, South Seattle Emerald, International Examiner, Seattle Weekly, Seattle Channel, KCTS9, Brown Paper Tickets (Low-Power FM) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation bring you a day of workshops aimed at just that for “Press for the People: A Grassroots Media Workshop.” On Saturday, June 4, from […]

How nonviolent communication liberated one former inmate

by Zackery Driver
Nonviolent communication (NVC) isn't just practiced by white Seattle hippies. One ex-inmate explains how NVC liberated him from violence and trauma.
May 16, 2016
People waiting outside of an aid distribution center at the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya. (Photo from Flickr by Riyaad Minty)

Threats to close world’s largest refugee camp echo in Seattle

by Sarah Stuteville
In the wake of terrorist attacks, Kenya is threatening to close Dadaab refugee camp. That has Seattle-area refugees worried about family still living there.
May 13, 2016
Student activists observing the first Islamophobia Awareness Day in 2015 near Victor Steinbrueck Park. (Photo by Ayan Jama)

Global Islamophobia Awareness Day centers Muslim youth experience

by Ahlaam Ibraahim
In its second year, Seattle-born Islamophobia Awareness Day goes global, calling for better understanding of the Muslim experience and its youth.
May 12, 2016

U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids

by Reuters
Reuters reports that raids are slated for May and June and would follow several months after a two-day sweep in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.
An American MV 22 Osprey flies over Okinawa. (Photo from Flickr by Ojo de Cineasta)

Seattle City Council should stand up to new military bases on Okinawa

by Jon Reinsch
Dozens of American military installments are packed onto the small Japanese island of Okinawa. Seattle should voice our opposition.

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
Tonya Miller hugs a Red Cross volunteer in front of her home in Joplin, Missouri following the 2011 tornado. (Photo from Flickr by Ozarks Red Cross)

The surprising link between climate change and violence against women

by Barbara Clabots
Links between climate disasters and domestic violence mean we should apply gender equity analysis to the emergency planning in Washington state.

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