Law & Courts 'It’s not good to be on the other side of the barrel' “I got shot August 17, 2017, in my lower back. I was going to one of the homie's houses to play video games and eat pizza." Patricia Murphy Willard Jimerson
Education Some Seattle school PTAs can afford extra teachers. Should they spread the wealth? Roosevelt High School in north Seattle is a fundraising machine. The school’s fundraising groups have $3.5 million in assets. Its foundation has paid for MacBooks, microscopes, professional cameras — and a bear costume that cost $1,250. Isolde Raftery
Education Late Seattle school buses hit low-income kids hardest Several buses to some of the district’s poorest schools, including West Seattle Elementary, Emerson Elementary and Wing Luke Elementary, were running two hours late Friday morning. Ann Dornfeld
Race & Identity Black students, white teachers: How this affects Seattle teens "I began to think, maybe what they're saying is true. Maybe my people don't do good." Selam Demile
Arts & Life Alice Walker on tending to our sorrows, our anger On this episode of The Record, Bill Radke speaks to novelist Alice Walker, writer Nicole Chung, and KUOW reporter Anna Boiko-Weyrauch. Bill Radke
Race & Identity After a racist attack, my mom hid her trauma to protect me A young white guy, clean cut with dark hair, started shouting racial slurs and spit on her. Only one person checked to see if she was okay. Leila Abe
