Culture Black Arts Legacies: The Negro Repertory Company’s lasting legacy Bursting with Black talent and fueled by WPA funding, this Depression-era theater troupe lit up Seattle stages with ambitious productions and huge casts. by Jasmine Mahmoud / June 27, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies | Tina Bell: Forgotten forerunner of Seattle grunge A pivotal figure in Seattle’s proto-grunge scene, the Bam Bam singer has been long-overlooked. Now, rock history is being rewritten. by Jasmine Mahmoud / June 1, 2022
Equity Art and politics meet at Seattle's Franklin High School WATCH: Today's youth activists pay tribute to their Black Panther forebears with a 40-foot mural. by Jen Dev / December 20, 2018
Growth Can light rail expand without displacing low-income residents? Sound Transit believes it can. by Jen Dev / November 27, 2018
Equity In Seattle, school segregation is actually getting worse It's been 40 years since Seattle schools first tried — and failed — to integrate. Today, data suggest segregation persists across the district by Jen Dev & Liz Brazile / March 28, 2019
Equity Healing Black trans people through a new kind of faith With the Black Trans Prayer Book, poet and educator J Mase III is spreading hope. by Jen Dev / March 22, 2019
Equity A Trump policy puts the lives of Vietnamese refugees at risk Mansur Sulayman hasn't been to Vietnam in 40 years. The U.S. wants to deport him back. by Jen Dev / February 7, 2019
Culture Black Arts Legacies: James W. Washington Jr. created life from stone Influenced by biblical stories and the fight for civil rights, the Seattle sculptor carved creatures ‘whose heartbeats you could almost hear.’ by Jasmine Mahmoud / August 18, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Dancer Edna Daigre believes breath is life Dance is a lifelong affair for this movement teacher beloved by generations of Seattle students. by Jasmine Mahmoud / August 3, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: The sultry blues of Ernestine Anderson With a voice like ‘honey at dusk,’ the alto singer was an integral part of Seattle's early jazz and blues scene. by Jasmine Mahmoud / July 28, 2022