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Spokane's Black Community News Source
July 14th, 2026

Opinion


This content reflects the opinions of the writers. Learn about the differences between a news story and an opinion column.

  • Legends don’t fade

    Legends don’t fade

  • Powerful Voices: Elevating representation in education

    Powerful Voices: Elevating representation in education

  • Red herrings and reasonable fear of imminent harm

    Red herrings and reasonable fear of imminent harm

  • Restricting maps create intentional voting imbalance

    Restricting maps create intentional voting imbalance

  • The impact of social media on education

    The impact of social media on education

  • We’ve been here before: How today’s version of ICE took root in 1704

    We’ve been here before: How today’s version of ICE took root in 1704

  • Aging Without Apology: We were never meant to disappear

    Aging Without Apology: We were never meant to disappear

  • Baldwin still speaks: Reflecting on Baldwin

    Baldwin still speaks: Reflecting on Baldwin

  • Black Genealogy: Pursuing Black genealogy at the family reunion

    Black Genealogy: Pursuing Black genealogy at the family reunion

  • Blackish in Spokane: One podcaster confronts the realities of biracial identity in the PNW

    Blackish in Spokane: One podcaster confronts the realities of biracial identity in the PNW

  • Digital Equity

    Digital Equity

  • From the Editor: Weaponizing the law, protecting wealth imbalance, and amplifying false equivalence: It’s all strategic

    From the Editor: Weaponizing the law, protecting wealth imbalance, and amplifying false equivalence: It’s all strategic

  • From the Water’s Edge: Earth Day is every day!

    From the Water’s Edge: Earth Day is every day!

  • Intentional Focus: Bias Factor

    Intentional Focus: Bias Factor

  • Mental health focus: Protect Black women

    Mental health focus: Protect Black women

  • Negotiating disenfranchisement: The new poll tax and the erosion of black political power

    Negotiating disenfranchisement: The new poll tax and the erosion of black political power

  • Past Is prelude: ethnocentrism and the current state of America

    Past Is prelude: ethnocentrism and the current state of America

  • Powerful Voices: Building future educators

    Powerful Voices: Building future educators

  • Roots and Wings: The glue that holds us together: A mother’s love through generations

    Roots and Wings: The glue that holds us together: A mother’s love through generations

  • Seeing yourself in the stars: The sky was never the limit

    Seeing yourself in the stars: The sky was never the limit

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