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Top 5 things to do in Seattle this December

by Forrest Baum
The days are getting shorter and colder, but there's plenty of Globalist things to do in Seattle in December.
Dec 1, 2015

Nations most at risk urge warming cap stricter than COP21 goal

by Reuters
Middle-income and developing nations call for more ambitious goals than what's currently on the table at the Paris Climate Change Conference, also being called COP21.
Nov 30, 2015
Coach Ar Ahmed rallies East African youth players in the Companion Athletics basketball league. The not-for-profit program is one of several trying to address a perceived generation gap in the community. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Trying to make sense of shootings, East Africans see a generation gap

by Varisha Khan
Is a cultural clash between generations in the East African community a root cause for the recent wave of gun violence.
Seattle celebrates Black Lives Matter Friday

Photos: Seattle celebrates Black Lives Matter Friday

by Jama Abdirahman
With the downtown shopping bonanza disrupted by protestors for the 2nd straight year, Seattle has a new day-after-Thanksgiving tradition: Black Lives Matter Friday
Nov 28, 2015
Pastor George Everett, at an Ebola Relief concert in 2014 (Photo courtesy Tino Tran)

Kent congregation raising money to build Ebola orphanage in Liberia

by Sarah Stuteville
A local Liberian American congregation is raising money to build an orphanage for children left parentless because of Ebola.
Nov 27, 2015

Trauma trickles down: Confronting the dark legacy of American Indian boarding schools

by Starla Sampaco
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution acknowledging the intergenerational trauma caused by American Indian boarding schools.
Nov 26, 2015
While we Americans are busy playing football against a giant turkey, tons of other countries are celebrating Thanksgiving in their own unique ways. (Photo from Flickr)

5 global Thanksgiving traditions to shake up your holiday

by Alysa Hullett
Want to celebrate the most American of holidays with a bit of a twist. Try these global Thanksgiving traditions.
Nov 25, 2015
Welcome to "the grey zone." (Photo by Tariq Yusuf)

What the Paris attacks felt like for American Muslims

by Tariq Yusuf
When every terror attack is a setback in the struggle for acceptance.
South Vietnamese refugees evacuated on a U.S. Navy vessel during the fall of Saigon in 1975. Thousands of refugees were resettled in the United States. (Photo via U.S. Marines)

Vietnamese refugees’ success story proves we can help Syrians

by James Hong
The Vietnamese Friendship Association, founded to help resettle refugees in the 1970’s, says they're ready to help a new wave from Syria.

5 ways to fix public safety in the Chinatown International District

by Sidney Sullivan
Will new city council reps like Lorena Gonzalez finally have answers for longstanding public safety issues in the International District?
Nov 24, 2015

Deepa Iyer: Multiracial work can dismantle racism, Islamophobia

by Neena Makhija
Deepa Iyer tackles the U.S.'s deepest racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia with our greatest asset: a multiracial nation.
Milena, age 16, says lowering the adult trial age will just add to unfair application of criminal law in Brazil: “A rich kid can steal and murder but pay bail and be out of jail easy, while a kid from the favela will be stuck in prison.” (Photo by Katherine Jinyi Li)

Failing and jailing our youth, from Seattle to São Paulo

by Katherine Jinyi Li
Brazil and the U.S. face surprisingly similar struggles with high incarceration rates and a school-to-prison pipeline facing poor youth.
Nov 23, 2015

Counseling service for refugees expands to Kent

by Venice Buhain
International Counseling and Community Services, which specializes in mental health care for refugees, has opened a new office in Kent.

Sawant: Seattle must stand up to wave of bigotry

by Kshama Sawant
Working people of all nationalities, of all religions, and of no religion, need to stand together in solidarity against hate crimes, terrorism and war.
Nov 20, 2015
(Photo by Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr)

More Mexican immigrants leaving the U.S. than entering

by Venice Buhain
Our three-part "Back across the Border" series looks at why many Mexican immigrants have chosen to return to Mexico.

Al Qaeda ally claims Mali hotel attack that killed at least 27

by Reuters
Al Mourabitoun has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks in Mali, including an assault on a hotel in the town of Sevare in August this year.

FBI investigating reported threat against Seattle-area mosques

by Venice Buhain
A Facebook user allegedly posted that he or she knows the addresses of local mosques and where to "strike back."
Nov 19, 2015

Think & Drink events on race make white guy think

by Forrest Baum
Humanities Washington's Think & Drink series has focused on bringing people together to talk about race over beers for the past two years.

U.S. House votes to suspend Syrian refugee program, step up screening

by Reuters
The Republican-backed legislation would suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees next year and intensify screening measures for refugees from Syria and Iraq.
Taxi drivers Getachew Mersha (left) and Dawit Tesfaye lead a group of drivers and community members on their way to deliver a petition to Mayor Ed Murray's Office requesting rideshare drivers be allowed to unionize. (Photo by Jovelle Tamayo)

Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers rally for better wages

by Jovelle Tamayo
Uber and Lyft drivers are keeping up the pressure on Seattle elected officials to allow union representation for ride-share services.
Nov 18, 2015