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WEBSep 11, 2024 · By Guy Oron | September 4, 2024. Hundreds of asylum-seekers continue to experience homelessness and a lack of state support as they try to forge new homes in the greater Seattle region. In the summer of 2023, migrants began arriving from the U.S.-Mexico border in larger numbers, seeking better …
Book Review: 'Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for …
WEBApr 11, 2018 · “Uprooting Racism” is not a pleasant read for a White person. But stick with it, because the book provides a clearly written analysis of the institutional racism in our society and the damage it creates, then gives a series of simple exercises and practical strategies for dealing with it.
Black Panther: The Marvel film's meaning runs deep
WEBMar 7, 2018 · “Black Panther” was amazing. It was exquisitely choreographed and exceptionally well-written. Marvel Studios’ 18th installment also presented a story that spoke to the nuance, importance and timeliness for the everyday lived experiences, thoughts and frustrations of Black Americans and the diaspora’s experiences of colonization and marginalization as a whole.
Revisiting ‘Streetwise’ | June 30 - July 6, 2021 | Real Change
WEBJun 30, 2021 · June marks the debut on DVD of a 37-year-old treasure of Seattle film history: Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall’s 1984 documentary “Streetwise.”. An incredibly moving portrait of the daily life of Seattle homeless youth, the film garnered wide acclaim and an Oscar nomination. Upon its release, veteran Seattle Times film ...
Filmmaker Raj Patel on food justice in the climate era
WEBBy Martha Baskin | October 20, 2021. Food insecurity and hunger have long framed the work of Raj Patel, author, activist and academic. A professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, he follows food justice and resistance movements around the …
An era of new media, born in the 1960s | March 30, 2011 - Real …
WEBMar 31, 2011 · An era of new media, born in the 1960s. Book Review - "Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press & the Rise of Alternative Media in America". For a brief period not long ago it seemed that a whole new and glorious world might become a reality. That hopeful and high time was often pervaded by …
Book review: ‘How the South Won the Civil War’ by Heather Cox ...
WEBApr 28, 2021 · Heather Cox Richardson revels in her role as a professor at Boston College. She is a white woman, 58 years of age and a resident with her partner, a lobsterman, in a small fishing village in Maine. A prolific author and essayist, she has written her sixth book, “How the South Won the Civil War.” Therein, she provides a clear analysis of America’s unsettling paradox: Paeans to freedom ...
How Trump incites violence with stochastic terrorism
WEBOct 23, 2019 · In a racist manifesto, the shooter railed against the “Hispanic invasion of Texas” and against the media, using language used by Trump ad nauseam in his tweets and speeches. Twenty-two people died violently and dozens of others were seriously wounded by the inspiration of those words. When …
ACT Theatre’s new managing director Anita Shah on revolution …
WEBJan 5, 2022 · Anita Shah begins her new role as managing director at ACT Theatre this month, and she has a lot of work to do. The theatre put on its annual production of “A Christmas Carol,” but its true relaunch begins with a truncated season, taking on plays that were in the works before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women activists speak …
WEBJan 24, 2018 · Native American people march to bring awareness to the MMIW movement. Supporters came from as far away as Montana. Photo by Matthew S. Browning Josey Tenorio Tewa marches for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at Cal Anderson Park Saturday, Jan. 20. Photo by Matthew S. Browning Indigenous participants and supporters of the MMIW movement were encouraged to wear red during the march.