My role is to make lemonade out of lemons in this poor economy. While we cannot rely on big advertisers like we used to, the small guys give me hope.
Blog: I wear different hats in order to survive
These days, I wear a lot of hats, both figuratively and literally. That is reality for a little publisher. My camera is more important than a cell phone.
Blog: Wearing different hats — literally
I am not kidding when I say I wear hats. Since fall’s arrival, I have dressed myself in fashionable baseball-style hats to keep warm. Vanity also plays a part.
Column: Let’s look back to the 60s as a source of inspiration for social justice
Back in August, radio talk show personality Laura Schlessinger ended her radio show after using the N-word 11 times in response to a Black female caller.
Breaking the bamboo ceiling
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) indicates that a gender wage gap still exists. The median income of women is still 77.9 percent that of men.
What a difference a day makes: The City Attorney’s new guidelines aims to protect immigrants from unjust deportation
This past May, the Seattle City Attorney’s office instituted a policy intended to protect noncitizen immigrants from deportation for misdemeanor offenses.
Filipino American to head Edmonds Community College?
When Rachel Solemsaas’s late grandmother went to college, she was the first person in her family to do so.
Ted Choi Tam (1935–2010), father and activist
Tam majored in business at the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army. He was a manufacturing engineer before starting Choi Investment Realty.
Three in Seattle accused of food stamp trafficking
Federal authorities and Seattle police have arrested three people and raided two grocery stores as part of what they describe as an undercover investigation into food stamp trafficking.
Ethnic elders split on Washington state assisted suicide law
When nearly six in 10 voters in Washington state approved Initiative 1000, the 2008 Death with Dignity Act, Seattle resident Tam Hue (last name not given), 73,