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Young Bernie Sanders supporters rallied at Key Arena on Sunday. (Photo by Alex Garland)

Your Bernie / Hillary fandom makes people of color invisible

by Anis Gisele
When white liberals lionize their presidential candidate of choice, there's a hidden cost for people of color.
Mar 23, 2016
Lexi Brewer (Photo by The Seattle Globalist)

“Everyone should have the opportunity to grow up healthy.”

by Lexi Brewer
"Everyone should have the opportunity to grow up healthy."

Ivory Coast makes arrests in al Qaeda beach attack that killed 19

by Reuters
Nineteen people were killed in the Ivory Coast attack. Authorities arrested 15 suspects this week, but still seek the suspected leader, Kounta Dallah.

SUSI2015 Twitter Chat: Diversity in the media and #JournalismSoWhite

by Jessica Partnow
Tune into the twitter chat (or follow #susi2015) Wednesday March 23 at 8:00AM Pacific Time / 8:30PM India Standard Time!
Candace Inagi (Photo by The Seattle Globalist)

Candace Inagi’s childhood in East LA spurs a long career in environmental justice

by Candace Inagi
"Why was that so different than from where I grew up? What could be done about it?"

Nestora Salgado returns to Seattle after Mexican court dismisses charges

by Venice Buhain
Community police force leader Nestora Salgado, cleared of wrongdoing this month after two years in jail in Mexico, returned to her Renton home Tuesday.
Mar 22, 2016
Paulina Lopez (Photo by The Seattle Globalist)

“We are not waiting for the Government to take care of things: our kids are taking care of it.”

by Paulina Lopez
"We are not waiting for the Government to take care of things, our kids are taking care of it."
Pina Belgrano and daughter on Sunday, preparing for the “Turning the Tables” action to fight foreclosure of her Beacon Hill home. (Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

For Beacon Hill immigrant, American dream turned foreclosure nightmare

by Goorish Wibneh
After struggling for eight years to keep her home, Italian immigrant Pina Belgrano took to the streets yesterday to fight the foreclosure system.

Attacks on Brussels airport, metro kill at least 30

by Reuters
No one has claimed responsibility, but the attacks follow Belgium police's arrest of Salah Abdeslam, a surviving suspect of November's Paris attacks.

Rodney King: The man beyond the myth

by Mark Douglass
We remember Rodney King as the man who tried to broker peace after his police beating ignited the LA Riots. A new one-man show reveals so much more.

Nikkita Oliver connects art, activism and education

by Mahroo Keshavarz
Meet Nikkita Oliver, Seattle poet, teaching artist, lawyer and jail chaplain.
Mar 21, 2016

#GreaterSeattle: What the hijab really means

by Sidney Sullivan
UW student Miriam Zeghmi says wearing hijab is an empowering choice that she uses to define how people see her.

New city planning chief Sam Assefa brings international insights to Seattle

by Sarah Stuteville
Meet Sam Assefa, a native of Ethiopia and incoming director of Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development.
Mar 18, 2016

Update: Community police leader Nestora Salgado released from Mexican prison

by Venice Buhain
Renton grandmother and Mexican community police force leader Nestora Salgado had been jailed for two and a half years awaiting trial on kidnapping charges.
Mar 17, 2016
Getting pandas to mate in capitvity, and then releasing babies that will thrive in the wild isn't easy, Vitale found out. (Courtesy photo by Ami Vitale)

What’s it really like to be a National Geographic photographer?

by Kara Tiernan
National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale says her job can sometimes by lonely and terrifying, but it's worth it to be a part of preserving our wonderful world.

Yakima to consider dropping Voting Rights Act appeal

by Venice Buhain
The Yakima City Council may drop its appeal of a $1.8 million ruling against it in the federal Voting Rights Act lawsuit that reshaped its council majority.
President George H. W. Bush visits American troops stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1990, in the lead up to the first Gulf War. (Photo from the Bush Library via Wikipedia)

For Iraqi Americans, the remembrance of two betrayals overlap

by Shahd Bani-Odeh
For many Iraqis, the American invasion that didn't actually happen is the one that really stings decades later.
Members of anti-racist group holding a sign at the City Council committee hearing on Wednesday. (Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

Youth jail opponents land two victories

by Marcus Harrison Green
Programs and changes announced Monday aim to decrease the number of minors incarcerated, in two wins scored this week by youth jail opponents.
Mar 16, 2016
Why is there such a large gap in math achievement between white students and students of color? (Photo from flickr by U.S. Dept. of Education)

5 + 1 things teachers can do to close the math achievement gap

by Goorish Wibneh
The math achievement gap between white and black students in Seattle schools is huge. Here are six ways to start solving the problem at the classroom level.
Mar 15, 2016
Laurie Torres. (Photo by The Seattle Globalist)

“The liberation of the privileged is bound up in the liberation of the oppressed.”

by Laurie Torres
"The liberation of the privileged is also bound up in the liberation of the oppressed."
Mar 14, 2016