It was deep in the night at our remote outpost and the cold wind cutting across the Kandahar Desert chilled me to the bone as I put on my armored vest and made my way…
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It was January 23rd as the clock turned 11:46 A.M. that a young woman darted around Seattle Central Library’s Room A, meticulously arranging the lecturn area. Kimberly Malone, the COSI (Conversations on Social Issues) coordinator,…
Cold air pierced my skin everyday in Ms. Smith’s sophomore AP World History class. This problem stemmed from her idea to dilute the stuffy, sweaty smell that a room full of teenagers creates, by opening…
In the early evening of Wednesday the 22nd, a shooting happened at the corner of 3rd and Pine in downtown Seattle. This wasn’t a mass shooting. This was three people shooting at each other, poorly.…
by Justin Ellerbee Being a Black man means that I am always watching out for police. According to Crosscut, Seattle police are more likely to frisk people of color than they are white people, even…
A well-intentioned someone once told me that if I insisted on straddling the racial fence, I deserved to get poked by it in the nethers. Ouch. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Astro,…
No one who performs a Google search pays for it directly, but they do pay.
by Fenêtre Dalexy-Smith I’m sure you have heard of “the talk”. The uncomfortable talk your parents have with you to explain what you already probably knew about sex. More often than not, both parties dread…
"The life of mixed youth has always been an issue but has yet to be widely addressed."
“I mean..how much does he have left? A year? Why do it now? Why didn’t they try sooner? Like, I mean, twelve months…what else can [Trump] do? I don’t see much point [to] it. […]…