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  Speakers Forum

  NPR’s Daniel Estrin pulls back the curtain on his reporting from the Middle East

  'Come on the bus. Why aren't you coming?' -Grandson to Granpa
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  SoundQs

  How prohibition forever changed policing in Seattle

  On a recent SoundQs segment we learned about historic bootlegger Roy Olmstead. Today we do a deep dive on another larger-than-life figure from that time, black business owner Doc Hamilton. Both men dealt in illegal alcohol, but had wholly different experiences with the temperance movement and the law.
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  Curiosity Club

  Is the end of racism possible? The power in agreeing to disagree

  Ishea Brown and Joe Santiago did not get along at KUOW’s Curiosity Club. We brought them back together and recorded their follow-up conversation. Where they ended up, surprised us all.

• KUOW Newsroom

  Affirmative action trails, but supporters still see positives

  The affirmative action measure on Tuesday’s ballot was divisive in Asian-American communities. But some say the heated debate had a positive side.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Students and parents protest racial slurs at north Seattle school

  Parents and students held a protest outside Hazel Wolf K-8 STEM School in north Seattle today calling on school leaders to do more to respond to students’ use of racial slurs.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Fatal New Year's shooting by Seattle police deemed lawful

  Seattle's police watchdog agency says an officer who fatally shot a man last New Year's Eve acted within policy
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  RadioActive

  The line between cultural appropriation and appreciation: 'It's all about power'

  Ariana Grande’s barbecue grill tattoo. $75 bonnets sold by a white woman. Japan’s Chicano subculture. Where is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Affirmative action returns to Washington ballot after more than 20 years

  In 1998, Washington voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 200, which effectively ended affirmative action in the state.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Her great-grandma escaped slavery. She realized what that really meant in a pilgrimage to Africa

  Juanita Galloway traveled from Seattle to Ghana to mark the 400-year anniversary of the first slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia. She told KUOW's Angela King about
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  The Record

  Turning tough conversations with your kid into Good Talk

  “Is it bad to be brown?” Novelist Mira Jacob’s new memoir tackles the questions her son asked that she couldn’t answer, and the moments in her own life that defy neat lines.

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