RadioActive How my dad survived teenage immigration with a guitar and a dream Hugo Guerra grew up in a tough home environment in Guatemala. He used his guitar to cope and help overcome challenges as a teenager. When he immigrated to the United States, his guitar became a tool to survive. RadioActive's Adrian Guerra shares his dad Hugo's story.
RadioActive Most basements are boring, but my yeye’s basement is a barbershop Yuk and Cho Yuen have run a barbershop out of the basement of their Beacon Hill home for 40 years. Colin Yuen talked to Yuk, his grandma, about her immigration story, her love story, and what he has to learn from her.
Soundside What can Seattle expect from its new director of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs? Last week Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced that Seattle Port Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed would be joining his administration as Director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. But what does she hope to do in that position?
Soundside Decades later, a collection of photographs is filling in the corners of Washington's Latino history Irwin Nash photographed the living and working conditions of workers in the Yakima Valley during the height of the United Farm Workers' Movement. Thanks to technology, his photos are bringing that story to the forefront today.
KUOW Newsroom ICE detained immigrant children in Washington state. New documents pierce its secrecy This story was published in partnership with Reveal.
Photos: In Seattle, a rally to stand in solidarity with Afghans About 100 people attended a rally and march to stand in solidarity with Afghans on Saturday at Westlake Park in Seattle.
Hotels could become home for many Afghan refugees in Seattle area Relief organizations in the Seattle area are having to get creative to find housing for an expected influx of refugees from Afghanistan. With affordable housing in scarce supply, they're asking King County to make some county-owned hotels available for arriving refugees.
KUOW Newsroom Local efforts to resettle Afghan refugees face unprecedented challenges ‘The warmth of the welcome is being dissipated because of the lack of permanent housing stock.’
KUOW Newsroom Washington preparing for surge of Afghan refugees in coming weeks Washington is anticipating another wave of refugees from Afghanistan. Approximately 143 Afghan people have resettled here between end of July and August 14th. Here’s what refugees can expect once they arrive.
KUOW Newsroom Report: WA law enforcement agencies still cooperate with ICE, despite state law banning practice Local law enforcement agencies across Washington state have worked with federal immigration agents to detain undocumented immigrants, despite a state law banning such collaborations. That’s according to a new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights.
