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Naomi Ishisaka
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Seattle Times Social Justice Columnist / Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion. AAJA Seattle President. www.naomiishisaka.com she/her 🏳️‍🌈
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"A number of Pride Place residents spoke about the ongoing danger of e-scooters and e-bikes in front of their building, with one resident saying that as a person with a disability, they were especially fearful they could be taken down just trying to walk down the street."
Silent and speedy, these devices are scary for pedestrians
Pedestrians and e-scooters have become a contentious mix in Seattle, with older adults often suffering the most, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.
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By Lauren Girgis: "The Black Lives Matter street mural on Capitol Hill, the work of 16 artists that has both brightened a stretch of pavement and left an assertive cultural mark, has been defaced, with a letter with racist rhetoric found nearby."
Black Lives Matter mural on Capitol Hill vandalized
The mural dates to 2020, weeks after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officers and begun just 36 hours into what would become known as CHOP.
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“Earlier this year, Taylor told Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka that the information on the site had become even more valuable amid “a direct frontal assault on African American history.””
Today's column: "But in the days following the assassination, it became no longer enough to say you condemn the killing. No, you also had to praise and valorize Kirk, a man who was outspoken on his opinions about Black people, immigrants, transgender people and others."
What can we say about Charlie Kirk? Only what those in power want us to
In the days following the brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk, it became no longer enough to say you condemn the killing. No, you also had to praise and valorize him.
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By Kai Uyehara in @seattletimes.com:
"Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, according to UNICEF. But Seba could not be treated with artificial legs in Gaza, Sosebee said." 📷: Jennifer Buchanan and Nick Wagner
Battered by war, refugee finds 'kindness' in Bellevue
Seba lost both her legs after an Israeli airstrike. The 12-year-old girl from Gaza could learn to walk again with the help of prosthetics from Seattle-area doctors.
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Today's column for @seattletimes.com: "But for many others, Katrina affirmed what they already knew: The color of your skin and the size of your bank account determined whether you could flee or were left to die, or whether you could rebuild or were displaced." #katrina
20 years after Katrina, we’re less prepared for disaster than ever
Two decades after a trip to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, columnist Naomi Ishisaka sounds an alarm about the inadequacy of disaster preparedness in the U.S.
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“I used to think that across all nationalities and beliefs, if a child was wandering into the street in front of an incoming car, it was a core human instinct of every human adult to grab the child and get them to safety.

Now, I know better.”
Today's column: “You feel like you’re living in a parallel universe, where this can’t be reality, where the bombs are being dropped on people that share the same name as me, or people that could have been me,” Sabrene Odeh said. #gaza
'You need to make a choice' about Gaza. 1,700 people at Marymoor Park did
Evidence is mounting that people — children — are starving in Gaza. People of conscience have a decision to make.
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Today's column: “You feel like you’re living in a parallel universe, where this can’t be reality, where the bombs are being dropped on people that share the same name as me, or people that could have been me,” Sabrene Odeh said. #gaza
'You need to make a choice' about Gaza. 1,700 people at Marymoor Park did
Evidence is mounting that people — children — are starving in Gaza. People of conscience have a decision to make.
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Today's column: “From the sugar cane plantations, to the ranch, to the hotel resort, to those rich millionaires who came from the mainland,” Goo said, “It’s a miracle that any of that land, in some ways, remains in our family.”
The history of Hawai‘i you may not know
More Native Hawaiians now live in the continental U.S. than in Hawai‘i, with Washington having the second highest continental population behind California.
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Today's column: "But as quickly as the signs were raised, I saw a barrage of criticism from both right and left over the actions and their perceived uselessness. … From my perspective, both arguments betray a fundamental misunderstanding of movement building..."
Protests like ‘No Kings’ are vital in more ways than you think
Seattle’s "No Kings" protest on June 14 was one of the largest in the city’s history.  Over 70,000 came out on Capitol Hill to protest the Trump administration in just one of many local events. Nation...
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"Mehdi Nakhjiri hasn’t slept well in days. He’s been refreshing his WhatsApp constantly and exhausting himself with the 24-hour news cycle.

Nakhjiri, a 70-year-old engineer who lives in Kirkland, said he hasn’t heard from his extended family in Iran since Friday morning."
Sleepless nights, conflicting emotions for Iranian Americans in WA
“How can one even imagine that your adopted country is bombing your homeland,” said a Kirkland man, 70, who hasn't heard from his family in Iran since Friday.
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By Dan Beekman: "State Rep. Darya Farivar, the first Iranian American woman elected to the state Legislature, said she and other Iranian Americans are “bracing for impact” from a U.S.-Iran conflict."
Seattle-area elected leaders react with alarm after U.S. bombs Iran
Seattle's U.S. representatives condemned President Donald Trump's strikes. A state lawmaker expressed concern for how a war could harm Iranian Americans.
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Today's column: "Donald Trump has made no secret that he intends to do the same for other cities that he deems deserving, saying they will be “met with equal or greater force” as is being seen in Los Angeles."
When Trump turns troops on people in Seattle, where will you be?
Calling in the National Guard and Marines is part of an "authoritarian power grab of this administration against ... ‘blue’ cities and ‘blue’ states," writes a UW historian.
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