For those who keep count, there's one less black woman in Seattle Bill Radke speaks with Jennifer Peterson and Adra Boo, two women of color, about Peterson's decision to leave Seattle (and the United States) and Boo's... Shane Mehling
The racist, destructive history of the Ballard Locks Bill Radke talks to Seattle Weekly reporter David Lewis about the Ballard Locks and the man behind their construction , Hiram M. Chittenden. Lewis has... Shane Mehling
Pearl Harbor changed her life. Now she wants us to learn from it Fujiko Tamura Gardner was 9 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She remembers hearing about it on the radio at her parents’ farm in Fife,... Kate OConnell
Why this Breitbart writer (mantra: ‘Feminism is cancer’) will speak at UW At the University of Washington, the College Republicans club is being accused of inflaming tensions by inviting a right-wing speaker for Jan. 20,... Amy Radil
'How did they know I'm undocumented?' 'Because you told them' Know your rights. That’s the topic many post-election community meetings with immigrants and refugees around Seattle, and around the country. Liz Jones
Why I spoke up in the face of hate speech in Ballard Amy Kastelin was at the U.S. Bank in Ballard this week when another customer yelled at a teller. “Go back to where you came from,” the customer told the... David Hyde
How to respond to hate (this applies to you, too, Seattle) The 911 call came in two days after the presidential election from the security guard at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle. He was reporting a possible... David Hyde
'Pretty for a black person' and other insults I've endured This letter was written in response to an essay, A man shouts racial slurs in a Seattle Starbucks. The silence is deafening. We have granted this writer... Anonymous
Why we're saying 'white nationalism' instead of 'alt-right' In journalism, we avoid wonk. Which is why we at KUOW discussed whether to use the term “alt-right.” Mainstream news sites have plugged it into... Isolde Raftery
This mom's choice: Nurse her baby or quit the Postal Service Iesha Gray called it the drought. One month back from maternity leave, her breasts were empty. No more milk. Her baby girl at home was drinking her way... Isolde Raftery
