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Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday.
In a statement reported by NPR, Jackson's family said, "Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world. We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family."
https://www.kuow.org/stories/jesse-jackson-we-ve-gone-from-picking-cotton-balls-to-picking-footballs
#KUOW #News #CivilRights #RaceAndEquity #RaceAndIdentity #BlackLivesMatter

Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-schools-knew-there-was-methane-gas-beneath-its-new-high-school-but-skipped-some-safety-measures
#KUOW #News #Health #Education #Environment #Education #KidsAndParenting #Seattle #Race #Safety #RaceAndEquity #SeattlePublicSchools

Rumors had been rampant on social media about increased immigration action and arrests in Washington state. Much of those fears have been stoked by the Trump administration.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/video-appears-to-show-ice-agents-targeting-latinos-in-washington-state-but-are-mass-deportations-coming
#KUOW #News #Government #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Race #RaceAndEquity #Deportation #RaceAndIdentity #Immigration #Government

One issue: DCYF’s transfer of 43 men in their early 20s from Green Hill to an adult prison.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/juvenile-rehab-conflict-lands-dcyf-in-multiple-courts
#KUOW #News #Race #Crime #RaceAndEquity #LawAndCourts #KingCounty #KidsAndParenting

The King County Council will consider its official stance on jailing some youths for serious crimes, four years after Executive Dow Constantine pledged to end juvenile detention.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-council-will-consider-its-official-stance-on-the-future-of-the-yo
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Corrections #KingCounty #Crime #KidsAndParenting #JuvenileCrime #DowConstantine #Race #RaceAndEquity

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/community-diversion-program-for-youths-struggles-to-meet-goals
#KUOW #News #Police #JuvenileCrime #KidsAndParenting #Crime #Race #KingCounty #Corrections #RaceAndEquity

The Washington State Department of Corrections has recently attempted to standardize how prisoner-led cultural groups operate. Advocates say this has eclipsed prisoners’ ability to organize cultural awareness courses and events, undermining what little self-determination they can exercise on the inside.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/prisoner-led-cultural-groups-in-washington-say-they-ve-been-sidelined
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