Photos: First game of All-Star Week features HBCU student athletes Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week starts tonight in Seattle. But before the major leaguers show up, the first game will feature student athletes from historically Black colleges and universities for the inaugural HBCU Swingman Classic. Casey Martin Play AudioListen 1 min
EPA gives more time for comment on Duwamish River cleanup plan Large portions of the river are so toxic that the Environmental Protection Agency has had to step in to rehabilitate the river. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Play AudioListen 2 mins
'Wolf Play' explores an adoption narrative many experience in real life In ACT Theater's Wolf Play, the audience watches as a Korean child is adopted, and then re-homed to another family. We watch as he experiences pain and confusion, and the grapples with the realities of adoption. That's not an experience that's unique to the theater. Sarah Leibovitz Play AudioListen 32 mins
Seattle museum celebrates Black history, honors Juneteenth Over the weekend, the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle will host a series of Juneteenth celebrations, highlighting a variety of events, talks, and activism in the city celebrating the nation's newest federal holiday. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Black immigrants are growing in numbers, but in the U.S. many often feel invisible One in five Black Americans are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. But feeling embraced or understood by the U.S. can seem daunting for some, and impossible for others. Leah Donnella
'Social equity' cannabis licenses aim to repair drug law harms to BIPOC communities One bill headed to Governor Inslee’s desk this session, SB 5080, aims to increase racial diversity in the state’s licensed cannabis businesses – and to support the communities most harmed by past drug laws. Amy Radil Play AudioListen 5 mins
Native, Black doulas say culturally specific birth care could help reduce high maternal death rates In Washington state and nationwide, Black and Native American mothers and their babies are more likely to die during or after pregnancy than white moms and their babies. And the rates are getting worse. Now, some birth workers in the Seattle area are trying to turn things around with help from some new government funding. Eilís O'Neill Play AudioListen 5 mins
Representation sold separately: New American Girl dolls overlook Seattle's diversity For Soundside producer Noel Gasca, two new American Girl dolls prompted her to think about who gets to represent Seattle — even in doll form — and reexamine her own relationship with her favorite childhood toy. Noel Gasca Play AudioListen 15 mins
A U.S. federal agency is suing Exxon after 5 nooses were found at a Louisiana complex The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil saying the company failed to take action to prevent a racially hostile work environment. Giulia Heyward
Black WA legislative candidate shot with BB gun, raising questions about possible hate crime Legislative candidate and pastor Carey Anderson said a man fired a BB gun at him Thursday night in South King County in what may have been a racist attack. Amy Radil
