A number of cafes have sprung up in the Seattle area in the last two years that are shaping a late-night scene during Ramadan.

ICE arrests spiked in PNW in late 2025, per new data from @uwchr.bsky.social. Yakima County had most arrests per capita: 185 arrests per 100,000 people. Local advocate says surge there has been overlooked. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... (w/ @vizscience.bsky.social @ayoonhendricks.bsky.social)

Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle mayor Friday, becoming the youngest mayor in a generation.

Loma Lopez, 81, doesn’t receive much in SNAP benefits. But to keep her 6-year-old great grandson fed, every dollar counts. The halt of SNAP will force her and nearly 930,000 Washington residents to make gut-wrenching choices. “I have no idea how we’re going to go through this,” she said.

An Afghan refugee family was scheduled to fly to the U.S. on January 22 but is now stranded in Qatar. “The impact of this on real human lives can’t be understated." - IRAP Must-read story from @ayoonhendricks.bsky.social @seattletimes.com about our legal battle to restore the refugee program.

Horrifying, insane scoop from @vivmccall.bsky.social . Five beatings of trans women have occurred in Seattle so far this year. The suspects have all been men. In at least one case, random men—strangers—have joined in on the attacks. Depraved shit. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

For the first time in history, Washington state will conduct a study and develop proposals for reparations to descendants of chattel slavery.

Trump’s travel ban shakes up WA immigrant communities www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Great reporting on the local DEI retreat from @jimbrunner.bsky.social and @alexhalverson.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/business/sta...

In Seattle’s Chinatown International District, protesters commemorated the Day of Remembrance and rallied against President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.

""An event commemorating the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and calling attention to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies was canceled by Pike Place Market less than two weeks before the scheduled event."

Three agencies, as well as nine individual plaintiffs, argue Trump exceeded his authority when he suspended the resettlement program and halted funding.

"A jury on Monday found Seattle Children’s hospital created a hostile work environment based on race against Dr. Benjamin Danielson, the former medical director of the hospital’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic."

"In Washington state and across the United States, transgender and gender-diverse people are wrestling with the reality that millions of Americans voted for a presidential candidate who has vowed to strip them of their rights."