30 years after the ADA, disability justice activists are rethinking what true equity looks like | Naomi Ishisaka
Disability rights only go so far. And that's where the push for disability justice has to begin, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
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Naomi Ishisaka
Naomi Ishisaka writes about race, culture and equity, through a social-justice lens. Her column appears weekly on Mondays.
Time is running out to protect voting rights. Here’s how to do it. | Naomi Ishisaka
This fall, it will be more important than ever to have safe, fair mail-in voting. Here's how to assure it.
Arts organization Yale Union transfers its land and building to Native ownership
It's a groundbreaking move and a fulfillment of the vision of Yale Union’s former executive director, Yoko Ott, a longtime leader in Seattle’s arts community.
It’s high time for the public — and the media — to interrogate police statements more aggressively | Naomi Ishisaka
The public — and the media — must interrogate police statements more aggressively, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
Envision a criminal legal system that doesn’t throw people away | Naomi Ishisaka
Seattle's Creative Justice program and others offer an alternative to ineffective mass incarceration.
The Reynolds Six are illuminating coronavirus outbreaks some officials would rather keep in the dark | Naomi Ishisaka
Families of inmates in Washington state are protesting for better health conditions in jails and prisons.
Seattle Art Museum isn’t dissolving, despite a fake news release — with a point to make — claiming so
A fake news release purportedly from the Seattle Art Museum went out Monday declaring that the museum would dissolve by 2022, transferring all assets to...
Locking up people with mental health issues won’t help. Here’s what will. | Naomi Ishisaka
Millions in the U.S. face incarceration due to mental health or substance use disorders. As the growing movement for racial justice asks what defunding policing...
Reform isn’t enough; region’s police need radical restructuring | Naomi Ishisaka
Tinkering around the edges with police reforms, as we have been doing for decades, is not working.
Check out more than 20 must-read books to learn more about Black history, racism and social justice
Here’s a shortlist of titles — nonfiction and fiction — for those wanting to learn more about racism in America, how we got to where we...