Culture Black Arts Legacies: Riz Rollins helped expand Seattle’s soundtrack This soulful DJ has been enlightening radio listeners and clubgoers for 35 years. by Jas Keimig / June 7, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Cipher Goings and the rich tradition of tap This Seattle dancer is performing on local and national stages while shaping the next generation of tap dancers. by Jas Keimig / May 31, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Gretchen Yanover’s meditative cello movements Using a looping pedal, this Seattle musician composes music that brings Black artists together. by Jas Keimig / May 21, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Robert L. Scott set the record For three decades, this Seattle DJ electrified the airwaves, paving the way for future Black radio personalities. by Jas Keimig / May 14, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Moses Sun in light & shadow After painting the “M” in Seattle’s Black Lives Matter mural, this artist’s career has been on the ascent. by Jas Keimig / May 7, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Tee Dennard takes center stage After landing on the stage unexpectedly, this Seattle actor and director’s 50-year career played a major role in the city’s Black theater scene. by Jas Keimig / April 30, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, cultural connector As a direct link to the Harlem Renaissance, this often overlooked painter inspired a generation of Seattle movers and shakers. by Jas Keimig / April 23, 2024
News WA courts are meant to fine convicted sex buyers. Most don’t Courts could have collected over $2.5 million in fees in the past decade, which would have gone to programs to alleviate trafficking. Why didn’t they? by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 25, 2024
News WA school districts aren’t following up on their truant students Laws on unexcused absences are meant to keep kids safe, but a lack of resources and fear of court have kept districts from completing necessary steps. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 5, 2024
Indigenous Affairs How the case of a missing Indigenous teen fell through the cracks No one was looking for Kit Nelson-Mora, despite warning signs, until a friend contacted police over a year after their disappearance in Omak. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / February 14, 2024