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UW selects Ana Mari Cauce as new president

by Venice Buhain
Ana Mari Cauce, longtime UW professor and administrator, is the university's first Latina to be selected for the top job.
Oct 13, 2015
MAPS (The Muslim Association of Puget Sound) in Redmond is bracing for a possible anti-Islam rally Saturday. (Photo by Varisha Khan)

Mosques in Western Washington bracing for Anti-Islam rally Saturday

by Varisha Khan
An Anti-Islam groups have called a "Global Rally for Humanity" at a mosque in Bremerton this weekend. Will anyone actually show up?
Oct 9, 2015

UW files suit against CIA for documents on El Salvador massacre

by Venice Buhain
The University of Washington Center for Human Rights allege that the CIA has withheld information on the 1981 Santa Cruz massacre that should be public.

Obama in Seattle on Friday

by Venice Buhain
President Barack Obama will be in downtown Seattle for several hours Friday afternoon for a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
Oct 8, 2015

Doctors Without Borders demands probe of U.S. bombing of hospital

by Reuters
The United States military took responsibility on Tuesday for the air strike that killed 22 people, including 12 staff, calling it a mistake.
Oct 7, 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership deal reached; now needs Congressional approval

by Venice Buhain
A deal was reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade treaty that critics have feared would erode local regulations.
Oct 6, 2015
Yeung volunteers at the Somali Community Services Coalition in Tukwila, WA. Photo courtesy of Aaron Yeung.

Where do Seattle’s international communities live? Seattle Times maps them

by Venice Buhain
If you're curious about which neighborhoods in King County have the greatest concentration of immigrants, the Seattle Times has an interactive map.
Guards book a new detainee into the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. The facility is run by the Geo Group, a private corrections corporation, on contract from the Department of Homeland Security

GEO Group signs new 10 year contract for the Northwest Detention Center

by Lael Henterly
GEO Group, criticized for its treatment of immigrant detainees, signed a contract to continue operations at the Northwest Detention Center through 2025.
Oct 2, 2015

Minority groups a focus in Seattle workers rights outreach grants

by Venice Buhain
Women, workers of color, immigrant and refugee workers, LGBTQ workers, and youth are the most likely to experience labor standards violations.
Oct 1, 2015

Iran troops join Syria war; Russia bombs CIA-trained rebel group

by Reuters
The developments in Syria are a further sign of the rapid internationalization of a civil war in which every major country in the region has a stake.

Denali change revives call to drop racist name of Washington lake

by Venice Buhain
The body of water the state calls Howard Lake is still called "Coon Lake" on federal maps. The renaming of Denali has renewed calls for this to change.
Sep 30, 2015

North Seattle International Students in fatal bus crash

by Venice Buhain
Four North Seattle College students who were part of an International Student orientation were killed in a collision Thursday morning.
Sep 24, 2015
Citizens gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma in the dawn hours to blockade busses with deportees from leaving. (Photo by Angelica Chazaro)

Bernie Sanders wants private companies out of the immigration detention business

by Lael Henterly
Tacoma immigration detention center is one of many private prisons that Sanders wants closed.
Sep 23, 2015

What’s Xi doing in Seattle?

by Venice Buhain
Seattle is the first destination for President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the U.S. as China's top leader. Here are five Seattle-China connections.
Sep 22, 2015

Rogue crosswalk painters inspire official Seattle program

by Venice Buhain
Following African-inspired crosswalks painted by community members, the city started a program to repaint crosswalks reflecting neighborhoods' history.
Sep 14, 2015

U.N. votes to allow Palestine flag at headquarters

by Reuters
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved a Palestinian resolution that will allow Palestine to fly its flag at U.N. headquarters.
Sep 10, 2015
Antonio Zambrano-Montes, who was shot and killed by police in Pasco, WA on Feb. 10th, in an undated family photo.

No charges for police in fatal Pasco shooting; inquest scheduled

by Venice Buhain
The February shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes was caught on cell phone video and was the fourth fatal police shooting in the Pasco area in six months.
Sep 9, 2015

Could Syrian refugees resettle in Seattle? New group explores ideas

by Alex Garland
Dozens of Seattle-area residents gathered over the weekend to explore increasing the number of Syrian refugees who can resettle in Washington state.
Sep 8, 2015

Grassroots gathering to explore bringing Syrian refugees to Seattle

by Venice Buhain
Worldwide focus on the Syrian refugee crisis grew this week, as pictures emerged of a Syrian toddler who drowned while his family tried to reach Greece.
Sep 3, 2015

Migrant trains reach Germany as EU asylum system creaks

by Reuters
European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of a wave of migration — much of it from Syria — as thousands make their way to Germany.
Aug 31, 2015