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The Uber logo on a vehicle in San Francisco. (Photo by REUTERS / Robert Galbraith)

Globalist asks the Candidates: Seattle regulations for Uber and Lyft?

by Venice Buhain
Should Seattle have regulations for rideshare services and drivers allowed to form unions? The Seattle Globalist asked the Seattle City Council candidates.
Oct 18, 2015

Viet Cong band name sparks outcry at Neumos

by Alex Garland
Members of Seattle's Vietnamese American community gathered outside Neumos to protest the Canadian punk band Viet Cong.
Oct 17, 2015
Members of anti-racist group holding a sign at the City Council committee hearing on Wednesday. (Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

Globalist asks the Candidates: What next for the youth justice center?

by Venice Buhain
What can the city do to change the youth justice system? The Seattle Globalist asked the Seattle City Council candidates.
Diners enter the Austin Blind Cafe in 2011. Over 11,000 people have been served by Blind Cafes around the U.S. (Courtesy photo)

Dining and dialogue in the dark at the Seattle Blind Cafe

by Grace Swanson
The Seattle Blind Cafe pops up this weekend, offering you a chance to eat a meal in complete darkness and better understand visual impairment.
Oct 16, 2015
Abubakar Abdi, who was shot and killed on in South Seattle on Sunday. (Photo courtesy the Abdi family)

You want to stop the gun violence killing East African youth? Start acting like it.

by Jamal Ahmed
I went to the funeral of another East African youth killed by gun violence this week. Where were our community leaders?

World of Tea event features pairings with international sweets

by Sophie Hayes
The festival's World of Tea Series provides an opportunity for people to explore teas from around the world.

Globalist asks the Candidates: Are hookah lounge regulations needed in Seattle?

by Venice Buhain
Do hookah lounges need additional regulation in Seattle? The Seattle Globalist asked the Seattle City Council candidates.
(Photo by Alex Stonehill)

East African refugees chase opportunity in Alaska seafood jobs

by Jessica Partnow
Immigrants and refugees with roots in Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia are filling Alaska seafood jobs seeking quick dollars to send back to relatives.
Marchers move down Madison St. during the Seattle People's Climate March on Wednesday. (Photo by Alex Garland)

Seattle joins People’s Climate March in call for global action

by Sharayah Lane
More than 1000 people gathered in Seattle on Wednesday for the People's Climate March.
Oct 15, 2015

Globalist asks the Candidates: Rent control in Seattle?

by Venice Buhain
Should Seattle have rent control and if so, what should it look like? The Seattle Globalist asked the Seattle City Council candidates.
Zainab Haji (left) gives cookies to Kent Chadwick, who turned out in support of the Islamic Center of Kitsap County in 2015 in response to announced plans for an anti-Islam rally the Bremerton mosque. No protestors actually showed up. (Photo courtesy CAIR-WA)

A hate group called for protests at local mosques. Guess who showed up?

by Varisha Khan
They expected armed anti-Islam protestors. What they got was a group of neighbors who turned out to show support for religious freedom.
Oct 14, 2015
Pamela Banks (right) is challenging incumbent Kshama Sawant (left) for City Council District #3, which includes the Central District and Capitol Hill.

Xenophobic words by Pamela Banks a low point in 3rd district race

by Theo Pauline Nestor
Comments from Pamela Banks seem to imply that her opponent, Kshama Sawant, doesn't understand the legacy of racial discrimination because she's an immigrant.

UW selects Ana Mari Cauce as new president

by Venice Buhain
Ana Mari Cauce, longtime UW professor and administrator, is the university's first Latina to be selected for the top job.
Oct 13, 2015
Citizens gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma in the dawn hours to blockade busses with deportees from leaving. (Photo by Angelica Chazaro)

Why gender and climate justice are inextricable

by Jill Mangaliman
What does immigrant detainment have to do with gender and climate justice? More than you think.

Tasveer’s 10th film festival brings South Asian geopolitics home

by Nabeeha Chaudhary
Six films to watch at the Seattle South Asian Film Festival explore complex issues of "#ComingHome" in the South Asian diaspora.
Oct 12, 2015
A classroom in the Gohar Khatoon Girls’ School in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, designed for natural daylight and ventilation. (Photo by Nic Lehoux)

Architect’s life’s work culminates in school for girls in Afghanistan

by Sarah Stuteville
The spirit of local architect Bob Hull lives on in Gohar Khatoon school for girls inAfghanistan, which opened this summer.
Celebrations at Daybreak Star marking the first Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2014. (Courtesy photo)

On second Indigenous Peoples Day, more work to be done

by Chetanya Robinson
Last year Seattle made history by establishing Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October. Find out what's planned for year two.
Oct 11, 2015
MAPS (The Muslim Association of Puget Sound) in Redmond is bracing for a possible anti-Islam rally Saturday. (Photo by Varisha Khan)

Mosques in Western Washington bracing for Anti-Islam rally Saturday

by Varisha Khan
An Anti-Islam groups have called a "Global Rally for Humanity" at a mosque in Bremerton this weekend. Will anyone actually show up?
Oct 9, 2015

UW files suit against CIA for documents on El Salvador massacre

by Venice Buhain
The University of Washington Center for Human Rights allege that the CIA has withheld information on the 1981 Santa Cruz massacre that should be public.

Obama in Seattle on Friday

by Venice Buhain
President Barack Obama will be in downtown Seattle for several hours Friday afternoon for a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
Oct 8, 2015