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Details: Written by Of The Skanner News; Published: 27 October 2014

First public screening of the Vanport Oral Histories Nov.15 at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 October 2014

African American Alliance for Homeownership Fair, African American Wellness Fair, NAACP Elections, Dancing Zombies, and more...

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 October 2014

Washington CAN Social Justice Breakfast, Voter Registration Deadline, Green Kent Day, and more...

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 October 2014

Jesuit High school canceled the visit because of Ebola fears but Grant High school hosted the students

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 October 2014

The Whitney M. Young Awards went to community members working to support low-income youth from communities of color

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 October 2014

Week Without Violence, 'Live Lines Reel Poetry: Seattle Public Library Slams!', 'Invisible Young' Film Screening & Panel Discussion, and more...

Seattle Interactive Conference

Details: Written by Of The Skanner News; Published: 16 October 2014

Entrepreneurs, artists, programmers, CEOs, and more are heading to the 2014 Seattle Interactive Conference, running through Oct. 23.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 October 2014

Celebrity and Social Change, How to Advocate for our Children, Harvest Hoopla, Dancing Zombies and more...

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 October 2014

A new pair of shoes can make a big difference in a child's life

Details: Written by Of The Skanner News; Published: 09 October 2014

Housing Bureau’s forums on its $20 million additional housing fund are Thursday and Saturday

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Commercializing the Artistic Vision of Legendary Black Quilters Raises Cultural Questions
Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. Direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama managed to cultivate a groundbreaking art practice while facing oppression, geographic isolation and intense material constraints. This year Target launched a mass produced collection based on five quilters' designs raising questions about what is lost when a cultural tradition is commercialized.
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Michael Cohen Takes the Stand in Trump Hush Money Case
Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen has taken the stand as former president Donald Trump's hush money trial enters its fourth week. Witnesses, text messages, notes and audio recordings have taken center stage to illustrate what prosecutors have said was a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by buying and burying negative stories that might hurt Trump's campaign. The former president who is accused of falsifying internal business records to cover up hush money payments by logging them as legal expenses has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts
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Arkansas Civil Rights Icon Daisy Bates Commemorated with Capitol Statue
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional. According to her bio, Bates began gathering African American students to enroll at all-white schools after the ruling.
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Pinky Cole Gifts $8.9M to Savannah State Class of 2024 to Help Fund Support For Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Pinky Cole Hayes, founder of Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, gave an inspiring commencement speech for the Savannah State University 2024 graduating class–and then surprised them all by announcing the entire class would receive an $8.75 million “Entrepreneurial Starter Pack,” Black Enterprise reports.
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No Criminal Charges in Rare Liquor Probe at OLCC, State Report Says
The investigation examined whether employees of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission improperly used their positions to obtain bottles of top-shelf bourbon for personal use.
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Trump Suggests Chinese Migrants Are in the US to Build an 'Army.' the Migrants Tell Another Story
The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in a borough of New York is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint. The former president has repeatedly suggested that Chinese migrants are a coordinated group of “military-age” men who have come to the United States to build an “army.” Asian advocacy organizations say they’re concerned the exaggerated rhetoric could fuel further harassment against Asians in the U.S.
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An Arizona Judge Helped Revive an 1864 Abortion Law. His Lawmaker Wife Joined Democrats to Repeal It
The marked split between the husband and wife adds to an increasingly confusing and chaotic legal and philosophical landscape surrounding abortion access in Arizona.
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Cohen Gives Insider Details at Trial as Trump's Defense Attorney Accuses Him of Seeking Vengeance
Cohen's testimony Tuesday focused on purposefully mislabeled checks, false receipts and blind loyalty.
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