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Opinion: Our Seattle School Board needs to do right by students and families
Photo by Elliot Haney via Flickr and republished under a Creative Commons 2.0 license. Editor’s note: The views expressed here are a reflection of the writer’s views only. This op-ed is not authored on...
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Becoming authentically Filipino: advice for Ja Du
Ja Du, who is white, told a Tampa television station that she identifies “transracially” as Filipino. (Screenshot of WTSP video) A white trans woman from Florida says she feels like a woman from the...
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A Dreamer calls for a clean DREAM Act
Nayeli Mercado (left) and Bertha Hernandez, both teachers at El Centro de la Raza, hold signs made by the preschoolers in their classes in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in...
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Kashmiris caught between local needs and global politics
Boats in Kashmir. (Photo by Susan Partnow.) The first time I tasted Qawah, I was gathered with a circle of friends — Americans and Indians — in my friend’s cozy cottage in the tiny Hill Station of...
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When #MeToo excludes me: current movement mutes black women’s voices
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year cover, featuring (clockwise) Ashley Judd, Taylor Swift, Susan Fowler, Adama Iwu and Isabel Pascual. An anonymous woman’s elbow appears in the lower right corner....
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Brad and Becky from Bellevue are coming to Rainier Beach
Rainier Beach Link Station. (Photo by Michael Chu for the South Seattle Emerald.) This story originally ran in the South Seattle Emerald. Six years ago I bought a house in Rainier Beach. As a single...
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6 reasons to reclaim resilience from the ground up
Jill Mangaliman (left) of Got Green speaks after a a coalition of groups met with Carbon Washington regarding Initiative 732. The groups opted not to support the initiative and will support an...
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Guest Opinion: I-1631 starts to right historic environmental injustices
Plants and animals thrive along the Duwamish, but the backdrop of industrial buildings belies a history of pollution. (Photo by Alex Stonehill) A version of this piece ran in the Fil-Am Herald. It is...
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Changing names is just one cost of immigrant life in the U.S.
Students’ name tags hang on their dorm room doors in MacCarty Hall at University of Washington. (Photo by Zijun Cathy You) A viral video by Columbia undergraduate Yan Huhe featured himself and fellow...
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Where were the allies after New Zealand?
Signs distributed at the vigil at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound said, “We Stand With Our Muslim Neighbors.” (Photo by Jacquie Bird Day) This post has been adapted from a Facebook post by Mennah...
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