Top Reads 2016

So my colleague and I were catching up after not seeing each other for a while. She’s just accepted a new position as an administrator at the community…

For about $300, a 9-year-old girl named Ashley was sold as a slave.Her mother, Rose, remained a house slave at a mansion in South Carolina.This was the…

You see them when you slack on cleaning — mysterious pink rings and streaks that form in your toilets, sinks and bathtubs.KUOW Local Wonder listener John…

A few Seattle doctors returned this week from a rotation in Standing Rock, North Dakota. That’s where an estimated 2,000 protesters are demonstrating…

In journalism, we avoid wonk.Which is why we at KUOW discussed whether to use the term “alt-right.” Mainstream news sites have plugged it into headlines,…

Maps lie because they simplify. They lie in different ways, to show certain realities, and electoral maps are no different.In places where there are few…

In the liberal bastion that is Seattle, the response to the election was acute. People cried openly on buses and in cafes. Some took time off work to…

Let’s repeat that, in case you skimmed over the headline: Your ballot will be counted even if you DO NOT affix a stamp to the envelope. So why do those…

This is me and my family. My mom, my dad, brother, and sister. (Not pictured: cats.) Six months ago, they were just strangers. And six months ago, I was…

When you drive to north Seattle from south Seattle, you may notice that the city becomes a lot more white. That’s because north Seattle is 69 percent…