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The perils of ‘helpful’ white people shaken by police violence
The police shooting of Jacob Blake is the latest to inspire white Americans to protest and demand change. Here's my advice.
Lola E. Peters
Lola E. Peters writes poetry to cleanse her soul and essays to clear her mind. Her commitment to creating a just and equitable world forms the underpinning to her writing. Her poems have been publishe
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Seattleites reflect on freedom, resistance and joy to honor the day liberation from slavery finally arrived, over two years after Emancipation.
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Mayor Jenny Durkan is not the trailblazer Seattle needs
Our city deserves a leader who can see beyond our current reality into uncharted territory.
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Our 400-year nightmare demands a new American Dream
It's time to admit we need fundamental change to uproot racism in the United States.
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Trump’s reliance on the private sector is no way to fight a war
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