'Social equity' cannabis licenses aim to repair drug law harms to BIPOC communities One bill headed to Governor Inslee’s desk this session, SB 5080, aims to increase racial diversity in the state’s licensed cannabis businesses – and to support the communities most harmed by past drug laws. Amy Radil
Bringing ancestors home — the long process of recovering tribal remains Museums around the nation are filled with items and ancestors from the Northwest Indigenous communities. KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero reports on how some tribes navigate a long and emotional journey to bring them home. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding. Scott Neuman
Kansas City mayor on the shooting of a Black teenager NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the investigation into the shooting of a Black teenager by a white homeowner after the teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address. Scott Detrow
Grand jury declines charging 8 Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker Eight Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, will not be indicted after a grand jury concluded that officers were legally justified in their actions. Anna Huntsman IPM
Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism' Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve. Emma Bowman
A new mode in MLB video game celebrates historical Black all-stars Long-running baseball video game MLB The Show features a new mode that celebrates historical Black all-stars. Jamal Michel
Tulsa Race Massacre investigators say they've sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. Scott Neuman
Memphis council votes on whether to send Justin J. Pearson back to Tennessee House Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson could get his seat back. Bill Chappell
Repatriation celebration: Stolen Native Hawaiian remains greeted at Sea-Tac on their way home Over the weekend, a ceremony was held by a local Hawaiian hula group and others who welcomed a collection of Native Hawaiian remains on their way to being repatriated. They had been taken from Hawaii illegally by colonizers and were on their final leg home from Europe. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez