Weekly international news highlights for the week ending July 23, 2021.
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Lumber Yard Bar to be rebuilt 'better, brighter and stronger'
The myth that Black people cannot swim or are not made to swim is a stereotype with dark origins rooted in racism. The truth is most Black people do not swim for two primary reasons: access to pools and their hair.
Boston Pride, the organization that organized the city's annual Pride Parade, announced on July 9 that it will dissolve. The group had been accused by many in Boston's LGBTQ community of excluding people of color and Transgender people.
King County's houseless communities faced severely limited opportunities to escape the recent heat wave. David Obelcz organized an effort to help the unhoused during this unprecedented event.
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant's policies have been deemed "radical" by more conservative politicians, and now some are taking action. A campaign to recall Sawant will likely end up on the next ballot–and Sawant herself signed the petition.
Screenwriter Phil Graziadei and SGN Staff Writer Sara Michelle Fetters discuss Netflix's horror trilogy inspired by the long-running series of books written by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.
For a Look or a Touch is the true story of two German men caught in the Nazi web of WWII: Manfred Lewin, who was murdered in Auschwitz, and his lover Gad Beck, condemned to live into the 21st century with his grief.
Community: it's what many say makes Seattle so special. And nothing quite brings a community together like a neighborhood bookstore.
Weekly international news highlights for the week ending July 16, 2021.