Chinatown businesses vandalized — again It’s been a tough spring for Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Businesses there were hit hard even before the state’s stay at home order. This past weekend stores and restaurants were vandalized and robbed. Ruby de Luna
Music Companies Promise A Tuesday 'Blackout' For Black Lives Record labels and other organizations will participate in a daylong moratorium on "business as usual," though some argue the actions don't do enough to address the industry's history of exploitation. Andrew Flanagan
Seattle Now: Trusting the police Seattle has a long history of biased policing, which is why SPD has been under federal oversight since 2012. And despite reforms, the department still has a trust problem. Clare McGrane
What We're Reading About The Past Week Of Protests Here are some of the most illuminating stories that we've read this week about the uprisings across the nation, and what brought the country to this moment. Alyssa Jeong Perry
Black Female Lawmaker In Minnesota Worries About Teenage Son's Safety NPR's Noel King talks to state Rep. Ruth Richardson, who is African American, and her 17-year-old son Shawn, about the impact of racism. She is a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
12,000 complaints filed against Seattle Police after weekend of protests The Seattle Office of Police Accountability says it is processing roughly 12,000 individual complaints made against officers in the wake of the protests over the weekend. Liz Brazile
An amazing feeling of solidarity, then the flashbangs Talking to (and learning from) young people about racism, police brutality, and social justice Kim Malcolm
Attention white people: Your #BLM memes are not enough Biracial lesbian Mellina White has a few things to say to her good liberal white friends in Seattle. Mellina White
Updates: Protests for racial justice in Seattle area Demonstrations and protests continue in Western Washington KUOW Staff
From Jobs To Homeownership, Protests Put Spotlight On Economic Divide Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Scott Horsley
