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In wake of legal defeat, Eyman joins national GOP push for voting 'integrity' laws

Earlier this year, Washington state ballot initiative king Tim Eyman was found guilty of “numerous and particularly egregious” violations of state campaign finance law and fined millions of dollars. Now he is taking his expertise on the road to help pass what he and other Republican supporters call voting “integrity” laws in 7 other states.

Washington is 10% more diverse than it was 10 years ago. What does that mean?

There is a 56% chance that if you picked two people at random in the state of Washington, they would be from two different races or ethnicities. That's one takeaway from data released by the U.S. Census on Thursday.

What The New Census Data Can — And Can't — Tell Us About People Living In The U.S.

No census has been perfect. COVID-19, Trump officials' interference and the Census Bureau's new privacy protections have raised concerns about the reliability of demographic data from the 2020 count.

Engage

What does it mean to be Asian in America? We're listening

A special statewide broadcast on Asian and Pacific Islander identities and experiences in America today.

The Record

June 14 | How one Washington man brought big tech to court

Facebook says they aren't selling political ads in Washington because of our rigorous transparency law. But people like Zach Wurtz, whose job it is to track those ads, are saying otherwise. So he did what he could - he took Facebook to court. Small claims court. It didn't quite go to plan. Plus, two discussion on the role of Japanese Americans during World War Two. As prisoners, soldiers, and contentious objectors.

KUOW Newsroom

KUOW asks Seattle: What’s one thing you’d do differently to address structural racism?

KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. This week, we asked about structural racism. Read their responses below.

Speakers Forum

'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity

Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.