Seattle Story Project

A Seattle mom’s searing letter to a truant officer

In January, an “attendance specialist” from Whitman Middle School sent a form letter to a Seattle mom, which included a warning that her son being late to school could result in court action. This is that mother’s response:

I thought I was a model activist. Then #MeToo called me out.

Editor's note: This story has been taken down while we look into pertinent recent allegations.

KUOW calls for bold essays on life and resilience

Seattle Story Project is seeking brave storytellers.

‘The day I was reduced to a Black birthing body.’ A doctor reflects on pregnancy

I never would have predicted that becoming a mother would make me a better doctor. Like most Black women I know, I vividly remember every painstaking detail of my pregnancy and birth experience.

It’s heartbreaking that RBG passes as record numbers of women fall out of the workforce

As for so many, the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing hit like a punch in the gut.

'You chose to carry the lantern.' Response to a Seattle protester injured on the front lines

Many readers responded to our recent story about a Seattle protester who was hit in the chest with a police flash-bang grenade, at close range, on Sunday, June 7. The blast landed her in the emergency room, where medical records indicate she was treated for cardiac arrest and faced "life threatening deterioration." Here is a letter from a Black father in Washington D.C. , who said this young protester earned a place in his heart.

This pie has been in a Seattle fridge since 1988 — not by accident

“Have you seen the Helen M. Kelly Memorial Mince Pie?”

When my son was 12, he turned violent. Life is just now getting better

When my son was 7, we moved to Vancouver, Washington, and life was good for a few years. But then something changed. I don’t know if it was puberty, or the new baby, but he turned violent.

I don't regret my abortion. But I wish there had been another way