Billy Frank Jr. in, Marcus Whitman out as part of U.S. Capitol statue swap In a time of reckoning about historical monuments, Washington state lawmakers found a bipartisan path to change out a prominent statue. A bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday begins the process of putting a statue of the late tribal treaty rights activist Billy Frank Jr. in the U.S. Capitol. Tom Banse
New monument at Washington Capitol will honor Black pioneer George Bush and family Washington’s sprawling Capitol campus features war memorials, a granite monument to fallen police officers, a replica of a Roman-style fountain and a brass sundial. Austin Jenkins
February 11th | It's the mask on the first date for me Should you take off your mask on a first date? Vanishing Seattle celebrates and documents the landmarks of yesterday and today. And we have our weekly conversation with Mayor Durkan. Bill Radke
This pioneer worked the Underground Railroad — and founded Seattle's Black Central District In the early days, they called him Big Bill the Cook. Isolde Raftery
Proposed statue swap of Billy Frank for Marcus Whitman signals changing of the guard Leaders of seven Pacific Northwest tribes testified this week in favor of replacing a statue of Oregon Trail pioneer and missionary Marcus Whitman in... Tom Banse
Washington's museums vs the pandemic One thing you’ve rarely been able to do since last March is visit a museum. For the most part, museums have been shuttered since the pandemic started. But almost all museums, big and small, expect to reopen. Meanwhile, they’re learning new tricks. Ross Reynolds
How a UW course captured the impact of an unprecedented year Reflections on 2020 help point to bridges forward John O'Brien
MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League' — Correcting A 'Longtime Oversight' "All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner. Brakkton Booker
Johns Hopkins, Long Believed An Abolitionist, Actually Owned Slaves, University Says Researchers found census records showing the entrepreneur and philanthropist owned slaves as late as 1850, contrary to the long-held belief that his family freed all slaves when he was a boy. Jaclyn Diaz
Opinion: Remembering Jan Morris, Historian and Writer NPR's Scott Simon remembers historian and travel writer Jan Morris, who died yesterday at the age of 94. Scott Simon
