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September 25, 2026 - 12:09 pm

On Oct 1, 11,000 refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants in Washington State are going to lose their health insurance according to the governor’s office.
And that includes hundreds of people who need round the clock care.
It’s because of HR 1, President Trump’s so-called big beautiful bill.
That federal bill cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid and other health programs and those cuts are going to roll out over the next ten years.
But these most vulnerable immigrants are the first group of people to be targeted.

September 25, 2026 - 9:21 am

Today my thoughts motivated me to write two poems. Both poems stem from my feeling about learning from history so that we don’t repeat the horrible mistakes of the past.

September 18, 2026 - 7:00 pm

I’m Kevin P. Henry, and this is Thinking Out Loud.   The Seahawks’ home opener kicked off with a bang last week, thanks to the Mwango Sisters, who delivered a powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black National Anthem.    As expected, the Star Spangled Banner was also performed,

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September 18, 2026 - 12:30 pm

Chef Traci Calderon, Executive Chef and Owner of Atrium Kitchen, joins Madinah In The Market LIVE to discuss food, community, and the relationships that inform her work at Pike Place Market.

September 17, 2026 - 7:16 am

KBCS presents an excerpt of the new local podcast Ways of Awe. Created in Seattle by writers and translators Maia Brown and Shelby Handler, Ways of Awe is a “queer anti-Zionist audio companion for the Jewish High Holidays,”

September 14, 2026 - 9:28 am

Lila Lakehart AKA DJ Megabooty has been funking up the KBCS airwaves since 2004, and is grateful to be back behind the mic after a few years away. Their love of music and record-collecting was inspired by their father, a local jazz musician. In college, Lila co-hosted a hip hop radio show, and their curiosity

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September 11, 2026 - 7:30 am

By Kevin P. Henry for Thinking Out Loud The NFL season is upon us, and like every year I ask myself these questions: Are fans and teams honoring or mocking Native Americans? The Kansas City Chiefs will continue to use Native-themed branding this season. Many fans— who are not Native American—will wear headdresses, paint their

Read More about Thinking Out Loud: Another Year of Mascot Controversy

September 4, 2026 - 5:23 pm

Every encounter with racism reopens a wound that has always existed. 

September 3, 2026 - 12:01 pm

This Friday September 4 and Monday September 7, KBCS presents six hours of programs celebrating working people and labor organizing. Thom Hartmann is off both days for the holiday weekend; audio archives of his shows are available at the KBCS Thom Hartmann Program page. Thom will be back on air on Tuesday, September 8.

September 1, 2026 - 8:00 am

A few hundred people gathered on Capitol Hill at the AIDS Memorial Pathway on Friday to honor singer songwriter Dolly Parton. The musician died on Tuesday, September 25 and organizer Francesca Hays quickly put together the event, a vigil with candles, music, and lots of singing. KBCS contributor Jennie Cecil Moore was there and brings us this snapshot.