Culture Black Arts Legacies: Cipher Goings and the rich tradition of tap This Seattle dancer is performing on local and national stages while shaping the next generation of tap dancers. by Jas Keimig / May 31, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Gretchen Yanover’s meditative cello movements Using a looping pedal, this Seattle musician composes music that brings Black artists together. by Jas Keimig / May 21, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Robert L. Scott set the record For three decades, this Seattle DJ electrified the airwaves, paving the way for future Black radio personalities. by Jas Keimig / May 14, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Moses Sun in light & shadow After painting the “M” in Seattle’s Black Lives Matter mural, this artist’s career has been on the ascent. by Jas Keimig / May 7, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Tee Dennard takes center stage After landing on the stage unexpectedly, this Seattle actor and director’s 50-year career played a major role in the city’s Black theater scene. by Jas Keimig / April 30, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, cultural connector As a direct link to the Harlem Renaissance, this often overlooked painter inspired a generation of Seattle movers and shakers. by Jas Keimig / April 23, 2024
Investigations WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330K Officials ordered a lobbying firm to pay back money meant for a state-funded Lifeline pilot hotline that connects at-risk young people to services. by Elizabeth Whitman / April 16, 2024
Investigations Podcast | It’s a Youth Today News takeover The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman’s experience with foster care and homelessness in WA. by Elizabeth Whitman / January 3, 2024
Investigations ‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 21, 2023
Investigations Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 14, 2023