Seattle

Seattle Considering Law That Would Bar Caste Discrimination

City Council member Kshama Sawant was raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India.
02/20/2023

City Of Seattle Agrees To Pay $3.5 Million Settlement In Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Of Pregnant Mother Of Four

Charleena Lyles was shot and killed in her home by police in 2017
12/06/2021

8 Critical Mayoral Elections Happening In U.S. Cities

From Seattle to New York and several cities in between, voters will decide in major races who will lead them.
11/01/2021

Seattle School Cancels Halloween Parade, Claiming It ‘Marginalizes’ Students Of Color

Some students have chosen to isolate during the festivities.
10/19/2021

Judge Releases Ex-49ers Defenseman Richard Sherman From Jail Without Bail

The judge set specific terms of the NFL star’s release.
07/16/2021
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 29: Marchers walk down 5th Avenue during the 2014 Gay Pride March on June 29, 2014 in New York City. Thousands of marchers attended the parade route, which started at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue and ended at Greenwich and Christopher streets. The parade ended at the Stonewall Inn, where New York marchers commemorated the 45th anniversary of the 1969 riots, which are credited with launching the modern gay rights movement. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio were in attendance along with grand marshals Laverne Cox, transgender actress and activist, actor Jonathan Groff and Rea Carey, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Seattle Black Pride Event Asks White Attendees Pay ‘Reparations’

There were complaints of “reverse discrimination.”
06/23/2021

Black Seattle Police Chief Quits After Council Votes to Defund Police

Several controversial factors led to her decision.
08/11/2020

Power Moves: Ciara And Russell Wilson Join The Seattle Sounders Ownership Group

They're among 11 families to invest in the team.
08/13/2019