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UW, Eastern Washington researchers hunt down hidden racist history in property deeds

A small team of researchers behind the state-funded Racial Restrictive Covenant Project are sorting through millions of residential property documents in Washington to uncover a lost history of housing discrimination. But that state funding runs dry in June. → Read More

Seattle student activist says suing social media is not the answer

What do students think about the Seattle School District's lawsuit against social media companies? 17-year-old Noir Goldberg, an executive board member of the Seattle Student Union, joined KNKX to talk about this approach. → Read More

A KNKX tradition: Staff read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'

KNKX continues our annual tradition of reading the classic holiday poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas." From the newsroom to the music team and beyond, hear familiar on-air voices and behind-the-scenes contributors in this sonic gift to our listeners. → Read More

Doug Baldwin on racial justice, second chances and giving back

Former Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin talks to KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick about racial justice, second chances and giving back in part two of this interview for the KNKX "Going Deep" series. → Read More

Retired Seahawk Doug Baldwin talks childhood lessons on race, activism

Former Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin talks to KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick about growing up mixed race in West Florida and learning from his parents' different approaches to social activism. → Read More

What does Manuel Ellis' death in police custody mean for Tacoma?

On the final episode of The Walk Home, KNKX Special Projects reporter and producer Mayowa Aina asks big questions about what Manuel Ellis' death in police custody means for the city of Tacoma. → Read More

Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer’s role in the Manny Ellis case and his upcoming trial

Episode 7 of The Walk Home podcast is about a law enforcement official who has been part of the Manny Ellis case since the start: Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. He was quoted in the first stories about Ellis' death, which helped shape a narrative that's now being questioned by the State Attorney General's Office. → Read More

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz talks staffing, violent crime, crowd response and more

After serving as interim chief for two years, Adrian Diaz is now the permanent chief of the Seattle Police Department. KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick visited Seattle Police Headquarters to talk with Diaz about his ongoing tenure and top issues for the department and the community it serves. → Read More

A detailed account of Manny Ellis' killing conflicts with officers’ story

The Walk Home is a podcast, produced by KNKX in partnership with The Seattle Times, about the life and death of Manny Ellis. Episode 6 is out on Wednesday. In an excerpt, hear about the Washington Attorney General's investigation, which conflicts with the officers' description of events the night Manny died. → Read More

How four Tacoma police officers arrived at the street corner where Manny Ellis died

The Walk Home is a podcast, produced by KNKX in partnership with The Seattle Times, about the life and death of Manny Ellis. KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick talked to KNKX Special Projects reporter and producer Will James about the latest episode "The Other Side of the Line." → Read More

The best months and most turbulent times of Manny Ellis’ life

KNKX’s South Sound reporter Kari Plog joined Morning Edition Host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about the latest episode of The Walk Home podcast. This episode shows how Manny’s walk home didn’t start the night that he was killed but instead, it started 33 years before that. → Read More

What Pierce County officials knew in the days following Manny Ellis' death

Morning Edition Host Kirsten Kendrick sat down with KNKX’s South Sound reporter Kari Plog to talk about what you will hear in Episode 3, where Kari takes us behind the scenes and we learn what Pierce County officials knew in the days immediately following Ellis' death. → Read More

There's no such thing as Spokane-style pizza

In a viral Tik Tok video, the host assembles a "Spokane-style pizza" featuring fry sauce, canned salmon and sliced strawberries. How could this concoction possibly be real? KNKX's Vivian McCall investigates. → Read More

Mayor candidates Lorena González, Bruce Harrell discuss their visions for Seattle

Are you still an undecided voter ahead of the Seattle mayoral election? KNKX interviewed the two candidates vying for the job: Seattle City Council President Lorena González and contender Bruce Harrell, who used to have the same job. → Read More