'History is being repeated.' Japanese Americans call for Northwest Detention Center's end Japanese Americans and groups calling for the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma blocked the federal building in downtown Seattle on Friday. Natalie Akane Newcomb
How ageism against Biden and Trump puts older folks at risk Recently, conversation about the age of the 2024 presidential candidates has risen to a fever pitch. That's the sign of a deeper problem with how our culture views aging. Leah Donnella
Buying hot dogs was an act of resilience for my grandfather in the Jim Crow South George “Hot Dog” Moxley. A nickname born in the Jim Crow South and given to a boy who defied the unspoken laws of the time. Nyla Moxley
Food, events, and the wider meaning of this Lunar New Year There are state and local efforts to make Lunar New Year a public holiday. Kim Malcolm
Snoop Dogg and Master P sue Walmart and Post for trying to sabotage its cereal The rappers say that Walmart and Post Consumer Foods neglected their cereal brand and intentionally hid it in stockrooms to prevent it from being sold to customers. Jonathan Franklin
What's it like being a hijab-wearing model? Fatuma Yusuf faces and embraces the challenges of being a woman who wears the hijab in the modeling industry. Maymuna Yusuf
Venezuelan migrants at Kent hotel have three more weeks of emergency shelter Asylum seekers, mostly Venezuelan immigrants at Kent Quality Inn, will have three more weeks of emergency housing. The roughly 200 people will be split up between two different hotels in Kent, and will no longer stay at the Kent Quality Inn. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
A deeper look at the representation issues Jay-Z talked about in his Grammys speech While accepting an honorary Grammy, Jay-Z criticized the Recording Academy for ignoring Black artists, including his wife, Beyonce. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Target pulls Black History Month book that misidentified 3 civil rights icons The magnet book mixed up W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson. Target said it will no longer sell the book in stores or online and that it notified the publisher of the errors. Jonathan Franklin
Video shows heavily armed guards detaining hunger strikers at Tacoma ICE center after using tear gas Detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma were subjected to tear gas, had guns pointed at them, and were physically restrained during a hunger strike last year for better living conditions. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
