Race And Equity

Tacoma community members call for accountability as trial of police officers charged with killing Manny Ellis begins

Opening statements began this morning in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manny Ellis.

Government

Why one Seattle author is seeing her books banned in Florida

Seattle author Kirby Larson's historical fiction novel "Dash" was removed from classrooms in Duvall, Florida. It’s an experience that’s becoming increasingly common.

Race & Identity

Japanese American survivors revisit a troubling past and vow to protect the Idaho prison camp where they were held

I’m looking for a name on an exhibit that's honoring more than 4,000 people who were incarcerated here, in the middle of Idaho farmland, at an American prison camp that most people don’t know about or would prefer to forget.

Following disturbing bodycam video, Seattle's South Asian leaders ask: 'Is that what they think of us?'

This weekend, protesters marched through South Lake Union, demanding accountability for Jaahnavi Kandula’s death. Kandula was struck and killed by a Seattle Police car in January. The renewed outrage comes after body camera video was released earlier this month showing a police union leader joking about Kandula’s death, saying “she had limited value.” This footage has led to public outrage and members of the South Asian community in Seattle met with Mayor Bruce Harrell and Police Chief Adrian Diaz over the weekend.

Crime

Police response time to Wing Luke Museum 911 calls raises questions about priorities

The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown International District is closed today. The museum’s staff are still assessing the damage and trying to make sense of racist vandalism that occurred on Thursday evening, when a man with a sledge hammer smashed windows and said hateful things about Chinese people.