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Pitch and publish at Globalist media workshops starting next week

by Christina Twu

Get your ideas on The Globalist and sharpen your skills this fall with 25 percent off media workshops.

Community policing is the safety solution the ID needs

by Ben Henry and Sharon Maeda

Two API community leaders say the SPD should really be more like Donnie Chin: truly protect and serve through community policing.

Could Syrian refugees resettle in Seattle? New group explores ideas

by Alex Garland

Dozens of Seattle-area residents gathered over the weekend to explore increasing the number of Syrian refugees who can resettle in Washington state.

FBI scare tactics shouldn’t stop young journalists from speaking up

by Jama Abdirahman

A recent FBI intimidation on a young Globalist reporter underlines the importance of press freedoms and legal support for underrepresented young voices.

Top 5 things to do in Seattle this September

by Forrest Baum

Seattle in September means we're back to rain, but don't start hibernating yet! There are plenty of great options for fun both outside and in.

Jama Abdirahman, a photographer, filmmaker and journalist has covered Black Lives Matter and the Somali community for the Seattle Globalist. (Photo by Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Why did the FBI show up at this Globalist youth reporter’s house?

by Sarah Stuteville

An unannounced visit by FBI agents to a young journalist's Seattle home exposed the agency's problems building trust in Muslim communities.

Grassroots gathering to explore bringing Syrian refugees to Seattle

by Venice Buhain

Worldwide focus on the Syrian refugee crisis grew this week, as pictures emerged of a Syrian toddler who drowned while his family tried to reach Greece.

Cloud 9 in the Central District is one of 11 hookah lounges around the city that appear to be in violation of state laws that prohibit smoking in places of employment. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Replace hookah lounges with safe, healthy spaces for East African youth

by Abdi Mohamed

A loud minority is demanding hookah lounges get a special exemption from anti-smoking laws. The city shouldn't cave to their pressure.

Activism unjustly criminalized in Nestora Salgado case

by Thomas Antkowiak and Alejandra Gonza

The activism of Nestora Salgado has been criminalized, like in many cases in Mexico, her attorneys write.

Migrant trains reach Germany as EU asylum system creaks

European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of a wave of migration — much of it from Syria — as thousands make their way to Germany.

Niyati Desai, originally from Mumbai but living in Seattle on an H4 visa, will be eligible to work in the U.S. under a new plan detailed by Homeland Security this week. (Courtesy photo)

Unable to work, spouses of H-1B tech workers find roles limiting

by Venice Buhain

Thousands of tech worker spouses — many of them with advanced degrees — reluctantly give up careers because their visas don't allow them to work.

Seattle backs down on hookah crackdown (for now)

by Venice Buhain

Hookah lounges can remain open as city officials and hookah lounge owners open dialogue.

Photographer Carlos Barria holds up a print of a photograph he took after Hurricane Katrina in the same location 10 years later. The storm was early evidence of how climate change disproportionately impacts the poor and people of color. (Photo from REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Climate Justice coalition links poverty with environment woes

by Sarah Stuteville

Members of “Communities of Color for Climate Justice” are flipping the stereotype of the Seattle environmentalist on its head.

Hotel workers union denounces “$500,000 Green Card”

by Goorish Wibneh

Critics of the EB-5 immigrant investor program say the program benefits wealthy investors, without delivering on well-paying U.S. jobs with benefits.

A police officer beats back migrants trying to enter into Macedonia from Greece. (Photo from REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis)

Let them drown: Cowardly responses to the European refugee crisis

by Patrick Hilsman

European leaders are turning their backs on what may be the defining crisis of our generation.

U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Taliban grab district

Taliban fighters have made recent advances in a heavily fought over region of opium farms and trade routes.

Seattle East Africans reach out to police, politicians through iftars

by Venice Buhain

Crosscut posted a two-part series about efforts to build the relationship between Seattle's growing East African communities and city officials and police.

A note that accompanies the crosswalk paint job raises a series of somber concerns.(Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

Rainier Beach crosswalk painted Ethiopian colors

by Goorish Wibneh

The trend of guerilla crosswalk painting in Seattle continued when a Rainier Beach crosswalk was repainted with the colors of the Ethiopian flag.

Tibetan monk-turned-developer accused of defrauding immigrants

by Venice Buhain

The SEC filed a lawsuit against Lobsang Dargey, whose development firm Path America woos Chinese investors with the EB-5 immigrant program.

A sign posted in the window of Cloud 9 hookah lounge in the Central District frames the crackdown as an "assault on our Black communities." (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

The hookah lounge crackdown needlessly targets East Africans

by Fathi Karshie

Falsely equating hookah lounges with crime, and with East African culture, has many young East Africans feeling unfairly targeted by the city government.