14+ hour, 17+ min ago  (189+ words) On March 31, the Seattle City Council passed a bill introduced by Councilmember Eddie Lin (District 2) striking out language in a law that allowed the Seattle Police Department to ask people about their immigration status. The Keep Washington Working Act of…...

16+ hour, 31+ min ago  (752+ words) Arlene came to the IE first as a writer, then serving on the board. Originally drawn into public service through her experiences in public health, she applied her commitment toward the wellbeing of the collective to a diverse group of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (483+ words) [Editor's note: This piece was first published in the South Seattle Emerald on March 16, 2026, and is republished here with permission.] As Ramadan, the holy month marking when God revealed the Quran to Muhammad, draws to a close, with Eid festivities…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (274+ words) Lately, many of us have been talking about immigration enforcement and the fear and uncertainty it's" creating, especially for communities that are being directly and disproportionately affected. That focus" matters. At the same time, I want to name something that…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (734+ words) International Examiner I believe the answer to this question is that mental health can be both. Health is a Venn diagram that encompasses our physical, mental, environmental, spiritual and social health. For example, if our mental health isn't good, it…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (626+ words) How does a public trauma become a family secret?" Sometime in the 1960s, a librarian named Taku Frank Nimura wrote a book, "Daruma: The Indomitable Spirit," about being incarcerated in US concentration camps as a child. When he was twelve, the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (493+ words) We are here because the United States waged war in Southeast Asia. The U. S. dropped 7. 5 million tons of bombs in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam'twice the amount used during WWII. More than 1 million of us Southeast Asian people were displaced and resettled…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (832+ words) International Examiner A question for the Insta-baddies, those who are perpetually online shopping, and friends: Have you ever wondered why Temu, Shein, and other such fast fashion sites offer clothing at such rock-bottom prices? Don't get it twisted: I love…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1211+ words) International Examiner Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) recently opened the thought-filled exhibition "Tethered." Featuring the artists" books and paper works of Aimee Lee, "Tethered" seems a curious reference to her material of choice: paper. In our post-industrial, digitizing society,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (430+ words) Ken Mochizuki's'Beacon Hill Boys'reminded me of my relationship with my friend Jian, or'I'd'like to call him, Jay.'That's'because we were the'Chinatown Boys'growing up in the I. D.' We both attended'Thurgood Marshall,'then TOPS K-8 school. Our origins are from Chinatown.' See, we both…...