Culture A Chicana choreographer storms the barriers of stereotype “I am not tall, long, thin, blonde hair, blue eyes,” says Alicia Mullikin. And that's OK with her. by Laila Kazmi / April 24, 2018
Politics After Jayapal, are South Asian women about to reshape local politics? Port of Seattle candidate Preeti Shridhar marches in a 4th of July parade alongside Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal in Burien, Washington. by Laila Kazmi / November 1, 2017
Could a new flag bring divided America back together? Visitors admire the work of Laura Sinai, one of several artists featured in "What Would Betsy Ross Do? The New American Flag Project" at the ArtXchange Gallery in Seattle. by Laila Kazmi / July 20, 2017
Local Japanese Americans remember their imprisonment during WWII Kay Sakai Nakao, who underwent incarceration in World War II, visits Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island. by Laila Kazmi / July 16, 2017
Culture Dear Seattleites, you’re doing coffee wrong. Try this instead Owner Haimi serves Ethiopian coffee daily at the Adugenet Ethiopian Kitchen & Bar in Seattle's Hillman City neighborhood. by Laila Kazmi / December 4, 2017
Culture Music: Time capsule of a Seattle immigrant community One of the earliest records being preserved at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington. (Greg Davis/KCTS 9) by Laila Kazmi / August 29, 2017
Culture A Cuban childhood colors artist Juan Alonso-Rodríguez’s work How this artist rediscovered his roots and reinvented his art. by Laila Kazmi / March 9, 2018
Culture Festivities in Focus | The ritual baptism Timket returns to Seattle Thousands gathered on Sunday to mark the two-day Ethiopian Orthodox holiday after two years of the pandemic and the Tigray war. by Amanda Snyder / January 26, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Celebrants dance, reflect through Kwanzaa A NAAM gathering on the fourth day of the secular pan-African holiday honored the principle of Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. by Amanda Snyder / January 2, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Filipino Catholics gather for Simbang Gabi St. James's nine-day Advent Mass draws hundreds from all over Western Washington. by Amanda Snyder / December 13, 2022