Equity Podcast | Inside the urban farm with a historic mission Agriculture is a fraught industry for descendants of enslaved people. Yes Farm is working to move beyond that trauma. by Alison Mariella Désir & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / December 27, 2022
Equity Podcast | How a bike ride became a movement Doc Wilson's Peace Peloton started in Seattle as a single protest ride in 2020. Now it fights for social justice nationwide. by Alison Mariella Désir & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / December 20, 2022
Equity Podcast | The run club changing Seattle Club Seattle Runners Division creates community for people of all paces and all faces. by Alison Mariella Désir & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / December 13, 2022
Equity Podcast | How getting outside changed Alison Mariella Désir’s life The Out & Back host tells the story of how she rediscovered running in Harlem before she and her family moved to the PNW. by Alison Mariella Désir & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / December 6, 2022
Equity King County has a plan to improve hate-crime reporting If a proposal passes today, a workgroup of government agencies and local nonprofits could move to address underreporting as soon as November. by Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / September 13, 2022
Opinion In the PNW, Confederate flag controversies are not new Recent incidents in the region and a secession movement in Oregon show the Civil War era and its divisions still echo in the Northwest. by Knute Berger / July 19, 2021
Opinion How the Confederacy shaped the American West and cowboy culture In arguing that the South won the Civil War, historian Heather Cox Richardson points to the paradox of the cowboy and how it presents an enduring dilemma for our democracy. by Knute Berger / June 3, 2021
Opinion The legacy of racism built into Northwest highways and roads From the Oregon Trail to the Lake Washington Bridge, transportation infrastructure has often driven growth while promoting exclusion. by Knute Berger / April 27, 2021
Opinion U.S. mishandling of COVID echoes the 20th century eugenics movement A false belief in the genetic superiority of virus survivors may help explain the Trump administration's mismanagement of coronavirus. by Knute Berger / December 1, 2020
Opinion From Civil Rights to COVID-19: ‘Without truth, you don’t have justice’ Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell has deepened the public memory of the Civil Rights Era. His reporting offers important lessons for today. by Knute Berger / May 25, 2020