Education Seattle Special Education PTSA votes no-confidence in district after Black child was repeatedly locked in isolation The Seattle Special Education PTSA took a vote of no-confidence in Seattle Public Schools a day after a KUOW story revealed that a student with disabilities was repeatedly locked outdoors. Ann Dornfeld
Education Locked in ‘the cage.’ Report finds disturbing discipline measures at Seattle school Investigators found that the principal of View Ridge Elementary School in northeast Seattle told staff to lock the gates around a second-grade boy to manage his behavior issues. District leaders called the situation “egregious” — but the district had approved of it as a suitable space for the child. Ann Dornfeld
Race & Identity He was 16 when a cop kneeled on his neck in Spokane. He’s still making sense of it. He thought the police were going to kill him on the lawn of his friend's house. Now he's teaching the next generation that Black lives matter. Jerome Hunter
Washington state Democrats point fingers after losses in U.S. House As Democrats in the other Washington argue about who is to blame for the loss of at least 8 US. House seats to Republicans, a similar debate is taking shape in the aftermath of the race for the 10th Congressional District here in Washington state. David Hyde
Black Coffee Northwest: You’re not ‘gonna run me out of my neighborhood’ For the Weary family, home has always been north of Seattle. But not long ago, this question of home, and two traumatizing events, nearly moved them out of Seattle. Jenna Hanchard
Politics Seattle Now: WA's Latinx vote Latino voters are the "sleeping giant" of politics. In Washington, they're becoming an increasingly important part of the electorate. Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane
National Critics Accuse Trump Of Using Race To Divide Americans President Trump's alarming rhetoric on race is a feature of his 2020 campaign. His actions have normalized racist fringe ideologies and encouraged extremists, according to critics. Leila Fadel
‘The day I was reduced to a Black birthing body.’ A doctor reflects on pregnancy I never would have predicted that becoming a mother would make me a better doctor. Like most Black women I know, I vividly remember every painstaking detail of my pregnancy and birth experience. Alisha Liggett, M.D.
Health The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color According to data reported to the CDC, 121 children died from COVID-19 between February and July of this year. And 78% of the children who died were Hispanic, Black or Native American. Jane Greenhalgh Patti Neighmond
National GWU Investigating Whether White Professor Invented Her Black Identity "You should absolutely cancel me, and I absolutely cancel myself," says a blog post signed Jessica A. Krug. That's also the name of a historian of the African Diaspora at George Washington University. Laurel Wamsley
