The Seattle playwright paved the way for resilient Black characters on stage.

House budget has $50,000 to fund a collaboration between State Patrol and WSU to analyze traffic stops for evidence of bias.

Diverse communities are starting to see Washington’s new Voting Rights Act employed.

A system that relies on hotels and out-of-state group facilities only creates further trauma.

Seattle Opera’s premiere production makes new rules, tells a more inclusive story.

On this Day of Remembrance, Japanese Americans help ask who gets to identify as American today.

“They were prosecuting us the most for cannabis...now, they’re on the street corners in our neighborhoods, selling that stuff to us."

A troubled childhood was the precursor to a life of crime. It could have been different.

The Seattle painter is quickly becoming a star in the local art universe.

The county named for Martin Luther King Jr. is investing vast amounts of money in a facility intended to incarcerate children.

White liberal idealism and parental self-interest collide in the new play at Seattle Public Theater.

Movers, shakers, thinkers, organizers — the unsung activists propelled the movement.

After a national tour of her one-woman show, the Seattle performer has thoughts on how to support local artists.

There are sensible solutions to neighborhood safety. Racist surveillance isn't one.

Officials have not filed a report since 2009 that examines the race and ethnicity of drivers who troopers stop and search.