by Lornet Turnbull
(This article was originally published on YES Magazine)
Artina Daniels has always been a tinkerer, obsessed with discovering how things around her work.
Four years ago, before starting the eighth grade, she asked her parents to help her find a school where she could channel those curiosities.
by Adam Smith
Alicia is a Seattle area mother of four. It’s an already challenging role, notwithstanding the fact that the youngest of her children suffers from muscular dystrophy. Last year, she faced a crisis. Alicia was sick – very sick – and her family quickly found themselves struggling. Eventually, she had to be hospitalized. Continue reading The Justice Gap: The Case for Civil Legal Aid
Movies: Opening Weekend: Ghostbusters– Details: Thirty years after the original film took the world by storm, Ghostbusters is back and fully rebooted for a new generation. Director Paul Feig combines all the paranormal fighting elements that made the original franchise so beloved with a cast of new characters, played by the funniest actors working today. Get ready to watch them save the world this summer!.– Showings:1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm–Where: 4816 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98118 – More Info: http://www.arklodgecinemas.com Continue reading This Weekend in South Seattle: Cinema Under the Stars, Love Train Play Street, and Morningstar Cafe
by Marcus Harrison Green
A love train will be chugging at full steam down the streets of Skyway this weekend, courtesy of a long-time resident looking to galvanize the community. Continue reading Grandmother Invites Skyway Community to Come Aboard the “Love Train”
by European Dissent Seattle
In the wake of recent police murders and violence, I have no 5-step guide to offer; no instruction manual for white folks who want to help. For the 48 hours after a publicized police shooting, we are always so desperate for ways to help; to ease our white guilt or sometimes genuinely offer condolences to people of color. It’s clear that condolences aren’t what’s needed. Apologies don’t end genocides. Still, we want to fill the void between our separate realities with good intentions; we want to show up. Continue reading #WhitePrivilegeIs
by Brett Hamil
Everyone should take a look at the corporate media soft-focus profiles they’re doing about ousted Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith. This is how they always do it: Helping cover up blatant systemic racist violence and minimizing the SPD’s shitty leadership by blaming it all on “one bad tweet.” Continue reading Commentary: One Bad Tweet
Drastic changes to the city’s District Council system are expected after Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed an executive order earlier today. Murray says that the order will bring about greater equity to the city’s system for promoting public engagement among residents of Seattle’s neighborhoods. Continue reading News Gleams: District Councils Hit Reset, Ballots Coming, SPOG President Leaving
by Kelsey Hamlin
(Updated 7/16/16 3:59pm)
REI is known as a place of good-heartedness and quality, so it might come as a shock to hear that many of its employees are either on food stamps, working multiple jobs, or both.
When it comes down to it, REI may have bucked their principles as a co-op for a large corporate trend: Expansion at the expense of its workers. This came to light at a public forum for REI workplace rights yesterday evening, hosted by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant. Continue reading Employees Describe Slipping Into Homelessness While Working at REI
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Culturally Inclusive Spoken Word, Storytelling, Visual Art, Dance, & Music Take Center Stage
Our story in Rainier Valley is one of deep cultural and social complexity, of powerful youth, talent, and heartbreaking beauty. No one can tell that story better than we can during Rainier Beach Arts and Music (BAAM) Fest Saturday, July 23rd, activating the Rainier Beach Community Center Plaza (8825 Rainier Ave S.) from 11 am – 7 pm. Link to performance schedule can be found HERE. Continue reading Rainier Beach Arts & Music (BAAM) Fest “Our Story” Telling It Like It Is Saturday, July 23rd
by John Stafford
INTRODUCTION
The June 23 Brexit vote, when interpreted in conjunction with other global phenomena, was a revelatory event. The vote to leave the EU was supported in every region of England, except for London, revealing a powerful demographic divide between the more urban, white collar, younger, educated, affluent, pro-immigration, and pro-globalization elite; and the more rural, blue collar, older, less educated, less affluent, anti-immigrant, anti-globalization constituency. Continue reading Brexit, Trump and Washington State Politics
