Arts & Life 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. Katie Campbell
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. Katie Campbell Angela King
Technology 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. Geoff Brumfiel Meredith Rizzo
Arts & Life 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. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Food 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? Alina Selyukh
Arts & Life 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. Libby Denkmann Alec Cowan
Arts & Life Seattle’s Chinatown-International District designated 'endangered historic place.' Will that help the neighborhood? It joins a list of other spaces, including a Chinatown in Philadelphia. The list is managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Arts & Life At the height of the KKK's popularity, one woman's story toppled its leader In "A Fever in the Heartland," National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan tells the often-overlooked story of the Ku Klux Klan's power in northern states and the testimony that brought down its most powerful leader. Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson
Arts & Life Washington skate: history on 8 wheels Washington state has a long history with roller skating. In fact, before we were even actually a state, we were building rinks. And it goes beyond just a need to go fast and run into people. Mike Davis Sarah Leibovitz
Arts & Life A Native grandma smuggled her grandkids out of their abusive boarding school. She hid them in the mountains One time, when my gram/Tupa came to visit, she waited for the nuns to be busy doing something else, and she said, “Get in the car.” I was 8 years old when we were taken to boarding school. Pam “Twoyah” James-Sinix
