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  • If elected, Colleen Echohawk will become Seattle's first Indigenous mayor

    Meet Colleen Echohawk: The 'Peoples' Candidate and Yours Too

    If elected on August 3, Echohawk could be primed to become Seattle’s first Indigenous mayor.
    Iris M. Crawford Aug 2, 2021 10:17AM EDT
    image of a Black woman in police uniform

    Seattle City Council Votes to Defund the Police, Police Chief Abruptly Resigns

    Police Chief Carmen Best’s announcement came hours after the council agreed to cut nearly $4 million from the police department’s budget, CNN reports.
    Shani Saxon Aug 11, 2020 2:33PM EDT
    Signs and candles mark a vigil

    Seattle Police Kill Pregnant Mother Charleena Lyles

    The 30-year-old Black woman struggled with mental illness. Say her name.

    Kenrya Rankin Jun 19, 2017 11:40AM EDT
    Activists posted "No KXL" signs to ATMs inside the downtown Chase bank branch on Second Avenue in Seattle on May 8, 2017.

    26 Activists Arrested in Seattle #ShutDownChase Actions

    Native-led demonstrators hit 13 branches of JPMorgan Chase bank for the company’s dealings with TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline.

    Yessenia Funes May 9, 2017 11:13AM EDT
    Demonstrators rally downtown before marching to Trump Tower while protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on February 4, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois.

    Divestment Movement Against Dakota Access Continues With Investor Pulling $34.8M

    A Norwegian firm withdrew funds from three companies that partially own the $3.78 billion pipeline project.

    Yessenia Funes Mar 2, 2017 11:59AM EST
    Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images

    California City of Davis Divests from Wells Fargo in DAPL Protest

    The bank handles its $30 million in investments and $1 million average cash balance.

    Yessenia Funes Feb 9, 2017 1:44PM EST
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