Culture Festivities in Focus | The ritual baptism Timket returns to Seattle Thousands gathered on Sunday to mark the two-day Ethiopian Orthodox holiday after two years of the pandemic and the Tigray war. by Amanda Snyder / January 26, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Celebrants dance, reflect through Kwanzaa A NAAM gathering on the fourth day of the secular pan-African holiday honored the principle of Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. by Amanda Snyder / January 2, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Filipino Catholics gather for Simbang Gabi St. James's nine-day Advent Mass draws hundreds from all over Western Washington. by Amanda Snyder / December 13, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | Día de los Muertos celebrates life, death After a pandemic hiatus, the Day of the Dead event returned to Seattle's El Centro de la Raza. by Amanda Snyder / November 8, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | The return of Diwali lights up Bellevue People gathered on Monday night — some for the first time since 2019 — to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights. by Amanda Snyder / October 28, 2022
Photo Essay | Seattle, through the eyes of a tourist Over the past two months, photographer Amanda Snyder documented Seattle's most sacred visitor hotspots. by Amanda Snyder / June 30, 2022
Politics Seattle's stand against treating corporations as people Seattle City Councilmembers take on the plastic bag industry. by Jeff Reifman / June 21, 2012
Politics Court whacking of Seattle on phone books lets corporations run legally amok The distribution of phone books has been targeted by environmentalists and others in much of the world: This Flickr photo from Australia has a caption mocking paper phone books. by Jeff Reifman / March 7, 2013
Politics Where are Washington's K-12 dollars? Just ask Microsoft shareholders A classroom in the Laotian school in Ban Na Muang. by Jeff Reifman / August 21, 2014
Five ways your medical insurance defines deductible The state health benefit exchange gives Washingtonians a catalog of options for healthcare. What you should know before you buy. by Jeff Reifman / July 20, 2014