Idaya Gruenwald | The Seattle Collegian Protestors at the University of Washington’s United Front Liberated Zone prepared to defend their encampment from a Sunday, May 12 counter-protest, organized by The Pursuit NW, a local church with a location in the University District. The counter-protestors held a rally in Red Square called “United for Israel.” Though the protest grew heated with chants,…
Christian Wiediger via Unsplash Nowadays, the way you speak and the words you use can be used to identify which side of the political spectrum you are on. As a queer immigrant living in Seattle, I personally identify with many aspects of mainstream liberal politics and ideology. In 2020, during the wake of international unrest about systematic racial injustice…
Camille Gix via Twitter A row of tents lining two blocks of 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle was cleared by police and municipal workers in the early morning of Wednesday, March 9, despite opposition from anti-sweep activists.
Seattle Police Department Despite this apparent positional advantage held by SPD, the situation quickly devolved into violent chaos as an aggressive police response ensued.
Ana Bungag | The Seattle Collegian Last week’s COSI (Conversation on Social Issues) session hosted by the Seattle Central Library on October 28 via Zoom focused on the intersections of policing and healthcare. Moderated by Reference and Instruction Librarian Kimberly Tate-Malone, the session highlighted the bitter reality of inaccessibility and the poor quality of healthcare experienced by those in prisons and…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian At 4:00 pm in the afternoon of Wednesday February 20, approximately 15 police officers arrived at Seattle Central in anticipation of a protest against Trump’s border wall. The protest never happened. In the wake of the president’s February 15 decision to declare a state of emergency to secure funding for his proposed wall without going…