RARE Documentary Looks at School Busing in Seattle

February 15, 2022 Editor

by Jane Harris Nellams

(An earlier version of this article was previously published on the RARE blog and is being updated and reprinted in the Emerald by permission.)

Joe Hunter and Tony Allison are talking about the same things that they talked about 50 years ago — that is, if they talked then at all.

The two former basketball teammates, one Black and one white and cofounders of Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE), agree that not much has changed regarding the racial climate at Roosevelt and they wonder why. So as one of the founding projects of RARE, a group of alumni formed to work against racism in Seattle high schools, they decided to make a documentary about Seattle’s efforts to desegregate the schools.

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Community

The Morning Update Show — 2/15

February 15, 2022 Editor

The Morning Update Show — hosted by Trae Holiday and The Big O (Omari Salisbury) — is the only weekday news and information livestream that delivers culturally relevant content to the Pacific Northwest’s urban audience. Omari and Trae analyze the day’s local and national headlines as well as melanin magic in our community. Watch live every weekday at 11 a.m. on any of the following channels, hosted by Converge Media: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Periscope, and whereweconverge.com.

We also post the Morning Update Show here on the Emerald each day after it airs, so you can catch up any time of day while you peruse our latest posts.

Morning Update Show — Tuesday, Feb. 15

LIVE — School Board President Hersey | Update on Seattle Public Schools | LIVE — Queen Bri of Rainier Avenue Radio | Black History Month Events

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News

Mount Zion on 19th Affordable Senior Housing Project Receives State Funding Boost

February 14, 2022 Editor

by Justin Carder

(This article originally appeared on the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog and has been reprinted with permission.)

The State will give a more than $1 million boost to a senior housing project currently under construction on 19th Avenue and hopes to help address displacement in the Central District.

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Voices

Emerald Love Notes 2022

February 14, 2022 Editor

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Voices

OPINION: Is Increasing Voter Turnout the Key to Progressive Victories?

February 14, 2022 Editor

by Guy Oron

If you’re a progressive or leftist like me, you were probably disappointed in the November local election results. Conservative candidates swept 3 out of the 4 Seattle races, including the all-important mayoral election by a large margin of nearly 20%.

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Community

The Morning Update Show — 2/14

February 14, 2022 Editor

We also post the Morning Update Show here on the Emerald each day after it airs, so you can catch up any time of day while you peruse our latest posts.

Morning Update Show — Monday, Feb. 14

LIVE — Sean Goode of Choose 180 | “Goode News” From Across the Community | LIVE — DeeSha Connor of WADOH | Vaccination and the Black Community in WA State | MLK Mural on MLK Way Restored!

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Arts & Culture

Poetry: A Letter From the Past

February 13, 2022 Editor

by Helen Collier

Living in the land of the Klan

There were no warnings that they were coming
Millions of stars filled the night sky.
Not a cloud in sight.
Nothing prepared us for their coming.
In the dead of night, their violence exploded; our lives were the
target of their destruction.

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Voices

Sunday Comix: Public Safety Is My Passion

February 13, 2022 Editor

by Brett Hamil

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Features

Weekend Reads: Does Pandemic Preparedness Matter?

February 12, 2022 Editor

by Kevin Schofield

This weekend’s read is a fascinating research paper from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), our hometown heroes based at the University of Washington who have cranked out some of the most important analysis on the spread of COVID-19 since the earliest days of the pandemic.

While we have learned much over the past two years about how COVID-19 is transmitted — and how to block it or at least slow it down — there are many mysteries regarding the virus that have yet to be unraveled. One of those mysteries is why both infection and fatality rates vary so much from country to country, defying geography, wealth, and other simple explanations. The IHME took on this question, attempting to discover what factors have correlated with infections and fatalities.

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