Seattle City Council turnover raises troubling questions | Naomi Ishisaka
Seattle’s City Council is going to look very different next year. Underlying causes for the departures show a troubling issue, writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka.
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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.
How Asian American model minority myth creates a false reality | Naomi Ishisaka
We struggle to understand when people of color commit violence against those of their own race. But one of the dangers of stereotypes is that...
Teens carry a threat to mental health in their pockets | Naomi Ishisaka
Research has found links between Instagram use and negative social comparison and disordered eating and body image issues, particularly for teen girls, columnist Naomi Ishisaka...
How to dismantle the pipeline from poverty to prison | Naomi Ishisaka VIEW
Sixty years after MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," the Black Prisoners Caucus seeks to foster "respect, responsibility, self worth and unity" for incarcerated people, columnist...
Dear Dry January, we need to talk | Naomi Ishisaka
While it may seem like a healthy way to start the year, the prevalence of Dry January glosses over deeper conversations we need to have...
6 sources of social justice joy in 2022 | Naomi Ishisaka VIEW
Many wrongs need righting, but it's important to pause and celebrate advances we've made along the way, among them same-sex and interracial marriage protections, columnist...
This 'massive disabling event' needs to be acknowledged | Naomi Ishisaka
You may think the pandemic is over, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes, but many still suffer the debilitating effects of long COVID. "Don't write us off,"...
It’s not a game: Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric can have deadly consequences | Naomi Ishisaka
The security of LGBTQ+ people and places has increasingly come under attack. Our language and actions can make a difference, Naomi Ishisaka writes.
Why I’m not celebrating Twitter’s troubles | Naomi Ishisaka
Despite the hate speech and online abuse it fostered, Twitter did some good — including providing a lifeline for people in the disability community, columnist...