Experiences Attempting Adoption: 'Excuse Me, May I Raise Your Child?' NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author and journalist Farai Chideya about her experiences attempting adoption. She writes about it in a piece titled "Excuse Me, May I Raise Your Child?"
How a Texas transplant reminded one transgender Queeriosity Club member that stereotypes fuel The Freeze Is Seattle biased against Southerners!? After joining our queer dinner party, Jennifer Hegeman says yes and faces her own fears as a transgender woman. Jennifer Hegeman
What's in that giant government warehouse near Sand Point? It's a giant, block-long building surrounded by a chain-link fence. To the neighbors in this leafy Seattle neighborhood, the place is an enigma. So what's inside this giant US government warehouse? Is this where documents just go to die? Deborah Wang
A funeral for 302 people: King County lays to rest indigent remains The King County Medical Examiner's Office held a funeral for 302 indigent people at a cemetery in Renton Wednesday. Ann Dornfeld
Disney Cable Channel Defends Casting Black Actress As New 'Little Mermaid' Certain circles of the Internet are aghast that the ingenue — actress and singer Halle Bailey — is African American. "Spoiler alert ... the character of Ariel is a work of fiction," Disney said. NPR Staff
Yakama Nation radio station KYNR gets its groove back For Native tribes in rural areas, radio can be a lifeline to community. The Yakama Nation in Central Washington runs its own station. And it’s about to come back on the air after an unexpected break, Esmy Jimenez
A big deal, new dance company on Vashon Island with some familiar faces What do ballet dancers do on the off-season? If you're Pacific Northwest Ballet's Noelani Pantastico and James Yoichi Moore, you form a brand new dance company. Marcie Sillman
Northwest tribe uses 'Treaty Rights 101' to school environmentalists The Tulalip Tribe is using “Treaty Rights 101” workshops to help environmental and outdoor recreation organizations learn how to work with tribes. Eilís O'Neill
Satirical Staple 'MAD' To Exit Newsstands And Recycle Its Classic Material At MAD magazine's peak in the early 1970s, more than 2 million people subscribed to it. The magazine will shift to printing collections of old content and end-of-year specials with new material. Neda Ulaby
