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A mariachi band performs at a Cinco de Mayo party (Photo from Flickr via U.S. Army Korea)

5 ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Seattle

by Olivia Fuller
Five upcoming activities in the Seattle area for those looking to embrace Mexican culture (or at least have an excuse to eat tacos).
May 1, 2015
The Indian subcontinent on a 3D globe at the Seattle Public Library. The Seattle metro areas South Asian population grew 173% between 2000 and 2010. (Photo from Flickr by J Brew)

Storywallahs: True tales of the South Asian experience in Seattle

by Sarah Stuteville
Storywallahs will showcase the experiences of our region’s growing South Asian community, with a focus on stories of cultural misunderstandings.

Seattle drag queen Aleksa Manila takes life by the heels

by Jeanie Lindsay
Filipina drag queen Aleksa Manila talks about taking inspiration from her mother and becoming a powerful voice in Seattle's LGBTQ community.
Young fans ask La Avispa for pictures and matching autographs after the final match (Photo by Olivia Fuller)

Lucha Libre has a grip on Northwest wrestling fans

by Olivia Fuller
Lucha libre — amateur Mexican-style wrestling — has gained a surprising following in the Northwest.
Apr 30, 2015
Carlo Antonion Chalisea sautees the meat for a Lomo Saltado Sandwich at Hilliard's Beer. (Photo by Cristy Acuña)

Peruvian food, diverse friendships inspire Don Lucho’s

by Cristina Acuña
A Seattle street chef aims to become culinary ambassador of Peruvian food in America.

UK news report links ISIS recruiter to Seattle

by Venice Buhain
A British news organization linked a Seattle woman to recruitment for the Islamic State, citing her posts on social media.
Apr 29, 2015
Bombus vosnesenskii the yellow-faced bumble bee, on a wild pea plant, photographed by Common Acre volunteers surveying native bee habitats at the Sea-Tac airport last summer. (Courtesy photo)

Sea-Tac project aims to counter global bee die off

by Rebecca Randall
Organizers of a pollination project around Sea-Tac airport see native species of bees as key to averting a global bee die off.

Writers workshop: How to get published in The Seattle Globalist

by Christina Twu
Want to learn how to form the issues and topics you care about into a published story with The Seattle Globalist? Join us for our next writers workshop!
Apr 28, 2015

‘Poetry on Buses’ brings Seattle’s languages, cultures along for the ride

by Reagan Jackson
The 'Poetry on Buses' program has expanded its reach—not only in number of poems, but into poetry of different cultures, languages and traditions.
Apr 27, 2015
Reagan Jackson, author and founder of Many Voices One Tribe, a travel program for young writers of color. (Photo by Joy Okot-Okidi)

Seattle’s Smartest Global Women: Reagan Jackson

by Joy Okot-Okidi
A lifelong writer brings the power of words to young people of color.
Apr 26, 2015
At the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, water activists Jenneh Corkern, left, 17, and Grace Clipson, 15. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times)

Liberian-born teen takes on global water access

by Sarah Stuteville
Jenneh Corkern, who grew up in a Liberian orphanage without clean water, has inspired other Seattleites to fundriase for global water access.
Apr 24, 2015

Artist Alice Gosti steps toward activism in ‘How to become a partisan’

by Anna Goren
Artist Alice Gosti's five-hour performance piece 'How to become a partisan' explores WWII Italian history, feminism and activism.
Apr 23, 2015
(Photo courtesy of Even The Walls)

Even the Walls: Seventy years of life at Yesler Terrace

by Sarah Kuck and Saman Maydani
As bulldozers raze Yesler Terrace, tenants grapple with losing their community to a rapidly gentrifying city. Even the Walls chronicles their stories.
Apr 22, 2015
Rebecca Peacock in Seattle with her daughter Trisha. Both mother and daughter were adopted from India. (Courtesy Photo)

Finding my daughter, and my roots, in India

by Rebecca Peacock
I was always torn about searching for my birth mother in India. Instead I went there to become a mother myself.

5 Arabic words I wish we had in English

by Deric Gruen
As a second-generation nuss-nuss (“half n’ half”) Arab American who is Lebanese and German,  it was only in my adult life that I took a keen interest in my grandparents’ language. I took a standard Arabic course in Seattle, then traveled to Lebanon to learn the spoken language, only to be evacuated in the summer […]
Young Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son Ahmed, 1984

What’s happening in Yemen (and why you should care)

by Cooper Inveen
The crisis in Yemen explained: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the complex web of alliances that's tearing apart the Middle East’s poorest country
Apr 21, 2015

Parents of missing Mexican students find support in Seattle, Yakima

by Janelle Retka
Parents of two of the 43 missing Mexican students shared their anguish as they made stops in Seattle and Yakima seeking support for renewed investigation.
Emma Lee Toyoda performs at the EMP. (Photo by Alia Marsha)

Seattle’s Smartest Global Women: Emma Lee Toyoda

by Alia Marsha
Tired of waiting for role model in indie folk, a young Asian American musician claims her stage.
Apr 20, 2015

Voicing truths through poetry at Youth Speaks Seattle

by Reagan Jackson
The points are not the point at the Youth Speaks Seattle Grand Slam competition. The point is the poetry. And community.
Apr 17, 2015

‘Desert Dancer’ film’s Western bias denies audiences a more accurate view of Iran

by Lucinda Homa Gray
Do "Desert Dancer" producers equate "positive" with depicting Iranians as Westerners?