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  KUOW Newsroom

  Washington Indigenous families still living with the 'very deliberate effort to wipe us out'

  The U.S. Interior Department has set out to document abusive boarding schools that once targeted Indigenous tribes, their cultures and their children. A first-of-its-kind report from the agency's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative puts the extent of that abuse in black and white.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  National Park grants honor sites significant to Chinese Americans and Black communities in Washington

  The National Park Service has awarded two grants totaling $100,000 to identify and preserve locations of historic significance for the Chinese American and Black communities in Washington state.
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  Soundside

  It's the end of an era as Hale's Ales pulls their final pint

  Hale's Ales founder Mike Hale sits down with Soundside host Libby Denkmann to talk the history of Hale's and why they're pulling the plug now.
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  Soundside

  The Goodwill Games sought to pull politics from sports. So why did they end?

  If you were around Seattle in 1990 — or watching Turner Broadcasting channels anywhere in America — you may remember the "Goodwill Games." The games faded out by 2001. What happened?
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  Speakers Forum

  Telling modern world history with Africa at the center

  'This, I argue, is the beginning of the Age of Exploration, the Age of Discovery, and thereby, the start of the modern world.’
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Seattle will return 270 artifacts to Upper Skagit Tribe

  The Upper Skagit Tribe will soon reclaim hundreds of historic artifacts from the city of Seattle
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  Soundside

  A Country Strange and Far: why Methodists failed to convert the Pacific Northwest

  Washington State has one of the lowest rates of self-reported religious affiliation in the country, according to the polling firm Gallup. The experiences of one group of Christian missionaries can give us a window into why our area has remained relatively secular.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  New exhibit explores the history and dangers of 'traveling while Black' in the U.S.

  Travel represents freedom, to move without care or concern. But during the Jim Crow era, travel was risky if you were Black. The "Green Book," a guide for African American travelers, helped them navigate toward places and establishments that were welcoming. A Smithsonian Institute exhibit in Tacoma looks at how a humble guidebook became an essential resource for African Americans, allowing them to move for work or to vacation.
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  Speakers Forum

  New book traces Black women’s innovative advances across the history of human rights

  ‘Black women have been deeply engaged in trying to figure out how to get this country to accept, to understand, to learn about human rights.’
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Japanese Americans remember the legacy of 'camp' 80 years after their incarceration

  It was 80 years ago this month that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It was 10 weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and it led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent. This is the story of one Seattle family.

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