Language

Politics

Why Trump's authoritarian language about 'vermin' matters

The former president called his political opponents "vermin" and said immigration is "poisoning the blood" of the U.S., echoing language used by Adolf Hitler, raising questions about authoritarianism.

Arts & Life

Words In Review: Is the PNW "weird"? Is anything?

Bill Radke asks what's weird, if so many things are weird. With author and scholar Erik Davis.

King County Sheriff urged to provide more interpreters for non-English speakers

An oversight committee is urging the King County Sheriff's Office to do better around how it communicates with people who don’t speak English.

Arts & Life

Words in Review: 'Indian burial ground'?

Cowlitz tribal member Joey Clift skewers Native American-related tropes and clichés

Government

Change the channel? New (or very old) name sought for Hood Canal

Members of the Skokomish Tribe say they’ve had a perfectly good name for the waterway in the heart of their territory for thousands of years.

Arts & Life

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.

Starting school can be hard, especially as a Ukrainian refugee who doesn't speak English

Many newly arrived Ukrainian refugee children are starting American school this fall. Some of these children are not fluent in English when classes start. Sabrina is 12 years old. She is an artist who loves painting landscapes. Sabrina is among over 200 Ukrainians who settled in Washington State this year. They fled fled Russia's war. Sabrina and her family arrived in King County a few weeks before the last school year ended.