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Your #OscarSoWhite relief: Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2016

by LeiLani Nishime

It's still #OscarSoWhite, with Hollywood changing at a glacial pace, but at the Northwest Film Forum next weekend, the future is already here.

New app helps Iranians dodge morality police

Gershad users tag checkpoints in Iran set up by morality police, who enforce Islamic dress and behavior codes, often targeting women.

Jimi Hendrix’s restored London flat open to the public

Seattle-born Jimi Hendrix called the London flat his first real home of his own.

Could Washington follow the world in easing access to birth control pills?

by Kennedy Wirth

Oregon and California have joined most other countries in allowing women access to birth control pills without a doctor's prescription. Is Washington next?

A Syrian girl holds up a poster she drew “about how she recently helped someone using information or technology” during UW professor Karen Fisher’s workshop at Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan in January 2015. (Photo courtesy of Karen Fisher, University of Washington Information School)

Syrian youth design dream apps at Za’atari Refugee Camp

by Christina Twu

With everything refugee families lost fleeing Syria, a new tech solution may offer Syrian youth a way to connect their pasts with brighter futures.

An open letter to white-collar Seattle transplants

by Cynthia Brothers

Hey there new Seattle transplants — here's a few tips to help you avoid screwing up your new home.

UN rules Nestora Salgado illegally detained in Mexico

by Venice Buhain

Supporters of Nestora Salgado, a U.S. citizen who organized a community police force, are urging the U.S. government to press Mexico for her freedom.

A former expat’s ode to Rome

by Katy Sewall

Being an ex-expat raises questions: If you move home, will it feel right? If you revisit the foreign city where you once lived, will you find it the same?

The “Giants” mural by Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, collectively known as OSGEMEOS. It is the biggest public art piece of their career. Photo courtesy of roaming-the-planet.

Proposed Pier 86 mural to brighten the Seattle waterfront

by Prince Wang

A complex of massive grain silos on the waterfront could become Seattle's signature piece of public art.

Report: H-Mart in downtown Seattle makes progress

by Venice Buhain

The downtown Seattle location of H-Mart, first announced in 2013, continues to make progress, according to the Eater Seattle website.

Last year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. If you go out dressed like this in Seattle, people might stare. (Photo from Flickr by NateClicks)

The partier’s guide to Carnival Seattle 2016

by Gregory Scruggs

Who says we don't celebrate Carnival in Seattle? Here's your weekend schedule packed with Lenten events to keep you Catholics partying.

Man faces hate crime charge after confrontation at Seattle mosque

by Venice Buhain

Police say the man had a gun and argued with two men after he demanded to know "where they were from."

Hollis Wong-Wear. (Photo by Shyn Midili)

Why Seattle Times’ “sidekicking” Hollis Wong-Wear is bad for journalism

by Alia Marsha

The Seattle Times' tone-deaf treatment of musician Hollis Wong-Wear is a symptom of #JournalismSoWhite.

#JournalismSoWhite. But you have the power to change it.

by Globalist Staff

Support this crowdfunding campaign to get more immigrant voices into the newsroom. When we reach 100 backers we'll unlock $5,000 in matching funds to help elevate diverse voices through media. Please make your gift today!

Pussy Riot speaks: Russian punk protest artists in Seattle for talk, film

by Reagan Jackson

Maria Alyokhina and Ksenia Zhivago of Russian punk protest collective Pussy Riot will speak and present the documentary "Pussy vs. Putin" in Seattle Feb. 8.

Top 5 things to do in Seattle this February

by Forrest Baum

Lunar New Year and Black History Month mean there's plenty of things to do in Seattle this February.

Why I moved back to Somalia (and you should, too)

by Said Shaiye

Members of the Somali diaspora are leaving a Seattle that's increasingly inhospitable for working class immigrants and people of color, and returning to rebuild their homeland.

Community members greeted Leschi Elementary students with high fives to congratulate them on completing the first week of the school year. (Photo by Jovelle Tamayo)

Parents tell lawmakers how school cultural gap can hurt kids

by John Stang

Parents went to Olympia to back bills for cultural competency training, recruitment of teachers of color and other measures meant to close opportunity gap.

Feb. 18: Learn to interview like public radio pro Phyllis Fletcher!

by Christina Twu

Learn how to tell powerful stories with powerful interviews!

Ina Chang (Umma) and Skye Stephenson (Hannah) star in "Do It For Umma." (Photo by Ian Johnston of Dangerpants Photography)

“Do It For Umma” reinvents Hamlet as a young, Korean-American heroine

by Esther Yun

Unlike Hamlet, "Do it for Umma" protagonist Hannah, has a dead, guilt-tripping Korean immigrant mom to contend with.