Naomi Ishisaka

How have cities reduced gun violence? In short, they did a little bit of everything, from better crisis response to increased teen programs and police presence, Naomi Ishisaka writes.

On the left, people claimed the event was staged to cast Trump as a hero. On the right, people suspected Biden of orchestrating security failures, writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka.

In the anti-DEI worldview, all white men are in their positions purely due to merit. Everyone else has received an unfair advantage to get where they are, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.

The hyperfocus on a particular Australian breaker took away from the true spirit of hip hop at the Olympic games, Naomi Ishisaka writes.

Nothing will change after the Georgia school shooting. Thoughts and prayers will be offered, it will be “too soon” to talk about change and people will move on.

Trump’s racist treatment of Haitians is the latest iteration of an old tactic of othering immigrants, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.

These two things are both true: criminalizing poverty and addiction is wrong, and we shouldn't dismiss the safety concerns of CID residents, who are also marginalized people, Naomi Ishisaka writes.

Seattle's narrow political spectrum has fed a culture where people whose values largely overlap treat others as mortal enemies, writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka.

White men “need to show up as partners for social justice and know that it's going to benefit us too,” says Seattle activist and facilitator Mike Beebe, Naomi Ishisaka writes.

Seattle still has its own mainstream media and outlets that focus on underrepresented voices. Don't let them fade away.