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Voting Rights in the Yakima Valley — Redrawing the 15th Legislative District

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with USC Professor Christian Grose to talk about the recent ruling about the 15th Legislative District map in WA State, and the legal reasons why it needs to be redrawn.
Libby Denkmann

Jason Burrows
Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges, reshelving request

A library in southeastern Washington could be the first in the country to dissolve. It all started with some people asking the library to get rid of or move several books. Now, voters will get to decide this November whether to keep their only library.
Courtney Flatt
'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films

The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit.
Aisha Harris
USC study reveals Hollywood studios are still lagging when it comes to inclusivity

A new University of Southern California report pinpoints areas that need improvement — as well as a few small wins.
Chloe Veltman
From Civil Rights to campus change: Black student activism in Washington state

Seattle isn't widely recognized as an epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement. But through the mid 20th-century, individuals and organizations were making national waves in a fight for recognition and equality. Those actions percolated to university life in Seattle and Pullman. The foundation of Black Studies came from the efforts of Black Students and Black Student Unions to create a space for talking about history, organizing, and black power.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Fake tombstone and Trump flag renew questions about Seattle police culture

The mother of a man who died in an encounter with Seattle police said she hopes the city will “get to the bottom” of why a fake tombstone with his name turned up in a recently released bodycam video. Meanwhile the city’s Community Police Commission says SPD Chief Adrian Diaz has agreed to attend the group’s meeting next Wednesday to answer questions about the 2021 video, which showed the tombstone and a Trump 2020 banner in a police break room.
Amy Radil
The legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic

Growing up, RadioActive's Indigo Mays loved going to the doctor’s office. She went to the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District. But that location has been closed for more than a year. Now, Mays explores the history, recent controversy, and legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic.
Indigo Mays
Photos: First game of All-Star Week features HBCU student athletes

Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week starts tonight in Seattle. But before the major leaguers show up, the first game will feature student athletes from historically Black colleges and universities for the inaugural HBCU Swingman Classic.
Casey Martin

Megan Farmer
EPA gives more time for comment on Duwamish River cleanup plan

Large portions of the river are so toxic that the Environmental Protection Agency has had to step in to rehabilitate the river.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
'Wolf Play' explores an adoption narrative many experience in real life

In ACT Theater's Wolf Play, the audience watches as a Korean child is adopted, and then re-homed to another family. We watch as he experiences pain and confusion, and the grapples with the realities of adoption. That's not an experience that's unique to the theater.
Mike Davis

Sarah Leibovitz

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