LATEST

PERSPECTIVES

Vigils expressing solidarity widespread immediately following the Charlie Hebdo attacks. But consensus about the limitations of free speech has since fallen apart. (Photo from Flicrk by Valentina Calà)

by -
2
Rallies for free speech in France following the Charlie Hebdo attacks have ironically given way to calls for censorship of anti-Semetism.

by -

by -
Migrant farm workers in the tomato fields of Immokalee, Fla., where advocacy led to a Fair Food agreement with major food chains. (Still from FoodChainsFilm.com)

by -
Tarik Abdullah at a pop-up dinner in Hillman City featuring live DJs. (Photo courtesy of Tarik Abdullah)

by -

COLUMNISTS

POLITICS

Migrant domestic workers lay low on a Sunday afternoon at Victoria Park. Sundays are their only day off in Hong Kong. (Photo by Chong Kai Xiong)

by -
0
How a transpacific exchange connects Seattle Black liberation to Hong Kong Umbrella movements.

by -
0
DREAMer Juan Macedo de Alba was in the audience of President Barack Obama's seventh State of the Union address, as a guest of Rep. Suzan DelBene, a year after the honor student faced deportation.

by -
Seattleites joined Mayor Murray, Rep. Adam Smith and immigrant rights advocates at a rally outside the Federal Building Thursday, heralding Obama's executive action and demanding further steps toward immigration reform. (Photo by Alex Garland)

by -

by -

by -

FOOD

by -
0
No longer do Bellevue residents and workers have to wait for Fridays to enjoy food truck goodness. Downtown Bellevue's food truck pod is now open five days a week.
Solomon Dubie at the Rainier Ave mini mart that he plans to convert to an Ethiopian Coffee Shop. (Photo by Colleen McDivett)

by -
0
Replacing junk food and beer with coffee and culture.
Bird flu export ban Washington and Oregon.

by -

by -

by -
Carlos Salmeron (left) prepares an espresso drink at his new coffee house, Ventoux Roasters, in Bryant, Seattle. (Photo by Janelle Retka)

by -

AID AND DEVELOPMENT

by -
0
While I love to travel, I wanted more than just a snapshot of a cultural experience. I was looking for a genuine opportunity to engage in a complex and rich culture.
(Photo by Brett Konen)

by -
0
How the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere is recovering from disaster — with a little help from Seattle.
Seattle BAYAN activist Jill Mangaliman rallies with locals just as a human barricade begins to form in front of the Digos City national highway on Dec. 10. (Photo by Katrina Pestano)

by -
Eco Kargha weaver Poonam Devi prepares bobbins of silk thread, January 2013.

by -
Ziplock bags full of Metformin, a medication used to treat diabetes, donated to Seattle's Salaam Cultural Museum for delivery to Syrian refugees in Jordan. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

by -
Carol Glenn, a former Seattle nurse, collected leftover HIV/AIDS drugs to send overseas. It wasn't legal, but Glenn believed it was her duty. (Photo by Isolde Raftery / KUOW)

by -

ARTS & CULTURE

Lion dancers help celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in Seattle’s International District in 2011. (Photo by Joe Mabel)

by -
0
The Year of the Sheep is coming! Where to catch the Lunar New Year action around the Seattle area.

by -
0
Seattleites joined sister city Kobe, Japan in marking 20 years since the devastating 1995 earthquake.
French Seattle Charlie Hebdo reaction

by -

by -
More than 10 ethnicities are represented in one of FOCS' Southend newborn mom groups. (Photo courtesy of FOCS)

by -

by -
© Copyright 2014 The Seattle Globalist.