DeNeen L. Brown | The Seattle Times

A print of the Pilgrims being met by a Native American. The Mayflower is anchored offshore on the right. MUST CREDIT: Library of Congress.

November 22, 2017 at 2:24 pm

At Thanksgiving, the search for a black Pilgrim among Plymouth’s settlers

More than three centuries later, there was great excitement surrounding the discovery of a black Pilgrim.

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May 20, 2009 at 12:00 am

Close-up | Why the poor pay more: More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace

The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and...

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January 25, 2009 at 12:00 am

First lady assails use of daughters’ likeness for dolls

First lady Michelle Obama, who has described herself "first and foremost ... Malia and Sasha's mom," has defended her daughters' likeness, saying it is not...

June 12, 2008 at 12:00 am

Canada apologizes for Indian abuse

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a long-anticipated apology Wednesday to tens of thousands of indigenous people who as children...

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November 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

When machines speak, what voices have we lost?

Do you hear them, too? The voices? You are standing in the local supermarket and automatic voices around you are talking. Sterile, disturbing voices. Repetitious...

November 11, 2007 at 12:00 am

Vietnam Memorial wall marks 25 years bearing witness

The Wall stands between the girl and a War. The girl presses her fingers against the granite. Her fingers run along the names cut into...

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August 15, 2007 at 12:00 am

Filmmaker tries to debunk labels of black men

Quick. Pop quiz. And no cheating. Are there more black men in college or in jail? Janks Morton, a new movie director, is willing to...

February 27, 2007 at 12:00 am

Is “Norbit” a laugh or no laughing matter?

She is wearing a hot pink nightie fringed by tiny hot pink feathers. Her big, brown legs are polished and wrap around the man lying...

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January 3, 2007 at 12:00 am

Unkind cut: history of black paper dolls

A slip of the scissors and off comes a foot. A nick and there goes a finger. A wrong snip and a tab that would...

August 19, 2005 at 12:00 am

Simple cover captures what a photo couldn’t

If you could pick one photograph that tells the story of Africa, what would that one photo show? Would it try to capture the origin...

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