Equity
Seattle summit addresses Asian American, NHPI economic issues
Community members met federal leaders to discuss opportunities for local businesses amid the pandemic and anti-Asian hate.
Maleeha Syed
Maleeha Syed is a podcast producer and the co-host of Northwest Reports. She previously worked as the Cascade PBS communities reporter and as a staff reporter at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont.
Latest work
Northwest Reports
The Future of Downtown Seattle
Reporter Josh Cohen discusses the city's plans — and readers' moonshot dreams — to improve the central business core.
Equity
WA awards grants to BIPOC groups tackling birthing inequities
A project from the Washington State Department of Health is funding five organizations to help address racism and maternal mortality rates.
Northwest Reports
Providing Afghans With Refuge After War
Director Thanh Tan explains how her experience as a child of refugees led her to help those displaced after the fall of Kabul and make a Crosscut docu-series about their plight.
Northwest Reports
The Painful Legacy of the Wah Mee Club Killings
Reporter Maleeha Syed talks about revisiting Washington's worst mass shooting without reopening wounds.