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  Why this cultural critic set out to tell 'The Un-Whitewashed Story of America'

  Cultural critic Michael Harriot is masterful at translating the complex issues of race into twitter threads you'd actually want to read. He manages to take weighty, hard topics and make them understandable and funny. Harriot's witty social commentary also appears in his new book, "Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America," which he hopes will give readers a new lens for viewing American history.
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  For a new generation of Marines, 9/11 is history

  For many Americans, 9/11 is now simply a date to mark, much like December 7th and the Pearl Harbor attacks. Even the military war colleges are moving on.

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  How the early internet defined what it meant to be 'transgender'

  Think back to the '90s. As a kid, you might have been catching "Saved by the Bell" before school or stacking up a collection of Nirvana tapes. And who could forget dial up internet? This was the first time that the average household in America could purchase a personal computer, and for a community of users who were questioning the restrictions of gender, it opened a new world.
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  Behind the FBI's search for the 'Manhattan 8'

  “Oppenheimer” opened this weekend, Hollywood’s version of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb.” While the movie paints a compelling picture of how the Manhattan Project came to be, it only gives a cursory look into the lives of the scientists who moved to the remote places involved in building the first nuclear weapons.
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  Seattle's queer history: Out from the underground

  Seattle, though largely welcoming today, once allowed queer people to be discriminated against, leading many to live double lives.
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  How the PNW's history of far-right extremism played a role on Jan. 6

  The extremist views behind the Jan. 6 insurrection have a long history right here in the Pacific Northwest.
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  Step aboard the nuclear-powered passenger ship of tomorrow (from 1959)

  The Nuclear Ship Savannah offers a snapshot of a nuclear future that never quite came to pass.

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  Seattle museum celebrates Black history, honors Juneteenth

  Over the weekend, the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle will host a series of Juneteenth celebrations, highlighting a variety of events, talks, and activism in the city celebrating the nation's newest federal holiday.

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  Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

  The brand turned homemakers into saleswomen and became synonymous with kitchen storage. But it has relied on Tupperware parties for sales--and struggled to keep its business fresh. Is its fate sealed?

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  What's in a weave? Native basketmaker and archeologist explore the stories baskets tell

  Master basketmaker and National Heritage Fellowship winner Ed Carriere is teaming up with a retired WSU archeologist to explore the recent and ancient history of Native basket weaving, as Carriere works to keep the traditional techniques he learned from his great-grandmother alive.

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