The shocking laughter heard ’round the world | Naomi Ishisaka WATCH
Police bodycam audio showing a Seattle officer laughing after a pedestrian was killed by a cop car reveals a culture of impunity that harms citizens,...
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Naomi Ishisaka
Naomi Ishisaka is The Seattle Times’ assistant managing editor for diversity, inclusion and staff development. Her column on race, culture, equity and social justice appears weekly on Mondays.
One Seattle neighborhood offers hope for a changing city | Naomi Ishisaka
Community-involved, intentional development with the goal of cultural preservation is bearing sweet fruit around the historic intersection of 23rd and Union, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.
Yes, you can champion social justice and still speak up for crime victims | Naomi Ishisaka
While recent Seattle robbery victims were racially targeted, there was an alarming silence among organizations that usually champion marginalized people of color, columnist Naomi Ishisaka...
GOP candidates miss the climate change bus in first presidential debate | Naomi Ishisaka
Younger generations of Republican voters are much more likely to support climate change measures than older GOP voters, reflecting a potential shift ahead, columnist Naomi...
The story of Maui’s tragedy starts way before the fires | Naomi Ishisaka
A history of settler colonialism has transformed the land from one of interdependence and sustainability to one of resource extraction and fragility. The Lāhainā area...
Yes, Seattle, we can have both housing and trees | Naomi Ishisaka
Despite how developers might want to frame it, it is a false dichotomy to suggest we can either have equitable tree distribution or affordable housing,...
Sinéad O’Connor, Taylor Swift, ‘Barbie’: This may be a tipping point in U.S. culture | Naomi Ishisaka
July 2023 may go down as a a tipping point in American pop culture -- a time when girls and women broke the mold to...
The Seattle neighborhood the All-Star Game left behind | Naomi Ishisaka
Several business owners in the Chinatown International District said they got no benefit from the influx of tens of thousands of people who flocked to...
2 tragedies at sea — the untold story and its harsh truths | Naomi Ishisaka
Our outsized fascination with ultra-rich undersea tourists — and disregard for Greek migrants — isn't just about race and nationality, it's also about class and...
Affirmative action ruling shows how marginalized groups are co-opted | Naomi Ishisaka
We're seeing increased efforts to pit one marginalized group against another to advance conservative goals, a familiar divide-and-conquer strategy, writes Naomi Ishisaka.