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.
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New federal investigation focuses on graves at NW Indian boarding schools
As Canada faces a reckoning over more deaths at Indigenous schools, an inquiry into similar U.S. sites may advance the search for Northwest kids who didn’t survive.
Culture
ArtSEA: 13 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Seattle
Plus, eye-opening new shows blending African American art and Black history at the Frye Art Museum and Tacoma Art Museum
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.
Equity
WA schools catching up on Black history and ethnic studies
The state is following in the steps of more progressive states that have led the way on making history classes reflect our diverse country.