Social Justice

Seattle writer Rosette Royale's podcast 'Square One' offers a glimpse of why Pioneer Square became a hub for LGBTQ+ life from the 1930s until the 1980s.

A light projection that can be seen from Interstate 5 and various neighborhoods in Seattle displays the words Protect Trans Lives and Protect Trans Kids.

Starbucks workers in cities including Chicago, Philadelphia and San Antonio plan to walk out or picket over coming days following worker accusations that the company is scaling back its LGBTQ support.

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project names a new executive director as Jorge Barón exits after 15 years.

The Pike Market Senior Center is an important link to the almost invisible resource network Pike Place Market provides for the people living in and around the community.

Seattle City Council members want to try to stop app-based companies from unjustly deactivating workers.

Some students at the University of Washington are planning to deliver a letter to the administration later this month to ask that it not renew its contract with Starbucks.

Due to a court order, deportation flights have resumed at Boeing Field after being banned for four years.

With a previous bill outlawing private detention facilities tied up in the courts, lawmakers passed new legislation mandating privately owned or operated detention facilities meet the same standards as public ones.

Starting next year, all Washington residents – regardless of immigration status – will be allowed to purchase medical insurance through the state’s marketplace. Now, advocates are asking legislators to fund a Medicaid-type program for undocumented immigrants with low incomes.