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Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies!

by Christina Twu
Three outstanding contributors grew our coverage and helped make our year. Learn who, why and celebrate them at our Globie Awards on Sept. 26.
Jul 17, 2015
Students Embet Amerdtison (left) and her daughter Elshadaie Zeleke, both from Ethiopia and Netsereab Lewokie from Eritrea in their Ready to Work class, offered by the City Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. (Photo by Ellen Banner / The Seattle Times)

Immigrants boost job prospects at city’s Ready to Work program

by Sarah Stuteville
Seattle’s first Ready to Work program for English Language Learners aims to help immigrants navigate a complex employment system.
Destruction in Gaza City, after Israeli shelling and air strikes during the war last summer. (Photo from REUTERS / Mohammed Salem)

Activists boycott Israel, Congress boycotts America?

by Patrick Hilsman
Perspectives from Seattle on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and the new laws intended to suppress it.
Jul 15, 2015

A taste of Ramadan: the experience of fasting as a non-Muslim

by Kseniya Sovenko
A journalist experiences fasting during Ramadan for the first time, and breaks the fast with other people at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound.

The huge UN development conference you should be tracking on Twitter

by Goorish Wibneh
The FFD3 conference this week in Addis Ababa will determine how global development gets financed over the next 15 years. Here's how to track them on Twitter.
Jul 14, 2015
The Station luxury apartments was one of 13 rental property sites charged with discrimination last month. (Photo by Christina Twu)

Problems in Seattle housing equity addressed in new local, federal plans

by Christina Twu
What could desegregation efforts mean for Seattle housing, according to new federal and city-level plans?
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (center) sits with girls inside a classroom at a school for Syrian refugee girls, built by the NGO Kayany Foundation, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on July 12th. (Photo from Reuters / Jamal Saidi)

10 ways to maximize global girls’ education

by Nabeeha Chaudhary
How organizations working on global girls' education can get beyond oversimplified "one girl at a time" messaging.

‘Waiting for better days’: Seattle’s Greek Americans watch homeland’s turmoil

by Venice Buhain
The financial crisis in Greece has taken years to develop, and it has hit families of Greek Americans in Seattle hard.
Jul 13, 2015

SEAchange: A crowdsourced memory map for South Seattle

by Goorish Wibneh
How is development affecting you or your neighborhood? The SEAchange map is a place for you to share your feelings, memories, hopes and frustrations.

Cheer on Northwest athletes in the Pan Am Games

by Joe Veyera
The Pan Am Games kickoff today in Toronto with dozens of Northwest athletes competing for team USA and Canada.
Jul 10, 2015
A guard at the Northwest Detention Center, a private facility owned and operated by the GEO Group, on contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Judge OKs forced labor lawsuit against detention center contractor

by Venice Buhain
The lawsuit argues that GEO violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act by allegedly forcing detainees to work for free or be put in isolation.
Jul 9, 2015
Another house recently flipped in the Central District after the previous owner went into foreclosure. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

3 ways homeowners of color can put their fist up against gentrification

by Jaebadiah Gardner
Everyone is talking about gentrification in Seattle, usually while pointing the finger at someone else. But who is really to blame?

Ky-Mani Marley carries on his father’s legacy in Northwest tour dates

by Goorish Wibneh
Ky-Mani Marley brings his reggae/hip-hop/country fusion sound to Nectar Lounge tonight.
Seattle South Asian Film Festival founder Rita Meher. (Photo by Shikha Jain)

Congratulations to Rita Meher, Globalist of the Year!

by Christina Twu
Tasveer's Rita Meher has touched countless lives and made the Northwest a global center for South Asian feminism.
Jul 8, 2015
Columbia City, long celebrated for its diversity, has seen rents, lease rates and home prices rise, changing the character of the neighborhood. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Confronting “the g word” in Columbia City

by Sharon H Chang
The rapid rise of the 193-unit Angeline Apartment building has amplified conversations about gentrification in Columbia City.
Jul 7, 2015

Why marriage isn’t the end of the fight for LGBTQ equality

by Anna Goren
While the national recognition of marriage equality is something to celebrate, the LGBTQ community can't forget its people of color and homeless youth.

The sanctuary of abroad: Why youth of color need to travel

by Reagan Jackson
As Many Voices One Tribe readies for its first trip, Reagan Jackson reflects on how international travel can be a needed soul-healer for a person of color.
Jul 6, 2015

Coloring books and welding help vets cope with PTSD

by Joanna Kresge
When traditional talk therapies fall flat, more and more Northwest military veterans suffering PTSD are turning to art therapy.
Jul 3, 2015
Eeshan Tripathi, Dhruv Lohumi, Adam Dow, and Preeti Singh of Improv Comedy Mumbai — the first improv troop in India. The Mumbai crew was started by Dow and is in Seattle this month for a string of special performances. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

India’s first improv troop seeks laughs in Seattle

by Sarah Stuteville
Improv Comedy Mumbai, a group founded by Seattle native Adam Dow, is in town this week for "Bollywood themed" improv performances.
Roger Rigor. (Photo by Johan Liedgren)

Seattle School District displaces Roger Rigor, beloved Ida B. Wells teacher

by Sharon H Chang
Roger Rigor spent 18 years building a path to college for struggling high school students. Why did Seattle Public Schools push him out?