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2025-03-15

The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools, including the University of Washington, and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted.
kuow.org/stories/over-50-unive
#KUOW #News #National #Politics #RaceAndIdentity #Education

2025-03-12

Previous attempts to pass the legislation banning hair discrimination have stalled in Congress.
kuow.org/stories/congress-reig
#KUOW #News #Politics #National #RaceAndIdentity

2025-02-19

Rumors had been rampant on social media about increased immigration action and arrests in Washington state. Much of those fears have been stoked by the Trump administration.
kuow.org/stories/video-appears
#KUOW #News #Government #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Race #RaceAndEquity #Deportation #RaceAndIdentity #Immigration #Government

2025-01-30

President Donald Trump has vowed to end federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, arguing they're "illegal." But in the Seattle area, one DEI consultant says the field was already changing prior to Trump retaking office.
kuow.org/stories/trump-has-vow
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2024-11-13

Immigration advocates in King County have been preparing for months for a potential legal fight with the federal government. A second Trump administration is set to take control of the White House in January, and with it comes promises of far-reaching changes to immigration policy.
kuow.org/stories/seattle-area-
#KUOW #News #Immigration #RaceAndIdentity #LawAndCourts

2024-11-06

Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — doubling the number of Black women who have been elected to the chamber.
kuow.org/stories/two-black-wom
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2024-10-31

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports the detainee, 36-year-old Jose Manuel Sanchez-Castro, died Sunday the Northwest ICE Processing Center. He was the second death at the Tacoma facility this year and the fourth person to die at the processing center since 2006.
kuow.org/stories/washington-ma
#KUOW #News #Immigration #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Fentanyl #Death #RaceAndIdentity

2024-10-30

The Archdiocese of Seattle, a regional governing body of the Catholic Church in Western Washington, is working to comply with new nationwide priorities for how it engages with Native American communities.
kuow.org/stories/catholic-chur
#KUOW #News #CatholicChurch #RaceAndIdentity #BoardingSchools #NativeAmericans

2024-10-15

More than 30 restaurants will individually contribute to the Lebanese Red Cross through the end of this month.
kuow.org/stories/seattle-resta
#KUOW #News #Immigration #RaceAndIdentity #Food

2024-04-02

Mayor Bruce Harrell has helped shape Seattle for more than a decade. Before that, he was shaped by his family's history in Seattle, which includes the WWII incarnation of Japanese-Americans, small business, biracial challenges, and flowers.
kuow.org/stories/bruce-harrell
#KUOW #News #RaceAndIdentity #JapaneseInternment #History #Race

2024-03-18

The Washington State Department of Corrections has recently attempted to standardize how prisoner-led cultural groups operate. Advocates say this has eclipsed prisoners’ ability to organize cultural awareness courses and events, undermining what little self-determination they can exercise on the inside.
kuow.org/stories/prisoner-led-
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2024-03-08

When RadioActive's Rediet Giday was three months old, her family moved to the United States. Without her.
kuow.org/stories/joy-and-happi
#KUOW #News #YouthProduced #Radioactive #RaceAndIdentity

2024-02-26

Hundreds of asylum-seekers took refuge at Seattle area hotels during January’s cold snap. What was intended to be a weeklong stay has evolved into a monthlong stay.
kuow.org/stories/time-money-ru
#KUOW #News #Immigration #Government #RaceAndIdentity #Housing

2024-02-22

Japanese American community members and immigration advocates gathered at Boeing Field Tuesday to call for an end to deportation flights out of King County International Airport.
kuow.org/stories/japanese-amer
#KUOW #News #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #JapaneseInternment #RaceAndIdentity #WorldWarIi #History #Immigration #ImmigrationInTheNorthwest

2024-02-17

Japanese Americans and groups calling for the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma blocked the federal building in downtown Seattle on Friday.
kuow.org/stories/japanese-amer
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2024-02-15

George “Hot Dog” Moxley. A nickname born in the Jim Crow South and given to a boy who defied the unspoken laws of the time.
kuow.org/stories/buying-hot-do
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