Seattle museum celebrates Black history, honors Juneteenth Over the weekend, the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle will host a series of Juneteenth celebrations, highlighting a variety of events, talks, and activism in the city celebrating the nation's newest federal holiday. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
National Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive The brand turned homemakers into saleswomen and became synonymous with kitchen storage. But it has relied on Tupperware parties for sales--and struggled to keep its business fresh. Is its fate sealed? Alina Selyukh
What's in a weave? Native basketmaker and archeologist explore the stories baskets tell Master basketmaker and National Heritage Fellowship winner Ed Carriere is teaming up with a retired WSU archeologist to explore the recent and ancient history of Native basket weaving, as Carriere works to keep the traditional techniques he learned from his great-grandmother alive. Libby Denkmann Alec Cowan
Seattle’s Chinatown-International District designated 'endangered historic place.' Will that help the neighborhood? It joins a list of other spaces, including a Chinatown in Philadelphia. The list is managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
At the height of the KKK's popularity, one woman's story toppled its leader In "A Fever in the Heartland," National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan tells the often-overlooked story of the Ku Klux Klan's power in northern states and the testimony that brought down its most powerful leader. Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson
Washington skate: history on 8 wheels Washington state has a long history with roller skating. In fact, before we were even actually a state, we were building rinks. And it goes beyond just a need to go fast and run into people. Mike Davis Sarah Leibovitz
A Native grandma smuggled her grandkids out of their abusive boarding school. She hid them in the mountains One time, when my gram/Tupa came to visit, she waited for the nuns to be busy doing something else, and she said, “Get in the car.” I was 8 years old when we were taken to boarding school. Pam “Twoyah” James-Sinix
The cherry trees are safe outside of Pike Place Market — for now The city of Seattle has postponed its plans to chop down the cherry trees outside of Pike Place Market, after preservation activists petitioned the mayor and city council in the 11th hour, asking them to "stay the execution." Paige Browning
Words In Review: Police fleeing SPD; Residents leaving town. Is this a Seattle 'exodus'? Bill Radke talks with Jacob Beckert, a PhD candidate in the U.W. History Department who specializes in Jewish Studies, about what qualifies as an "exodus." Bill Radke
Healing generational trauma of Japanese Americans through art This month marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the World War II order that forcibly removed Japanese Americans on the West Coast and placed them into camps. Many of those who were incarcerated held American citizenship. Natalie Akane Newcomb
