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April 20, 2020 - 1:19 pm

Earlier this month, anti-Asian stickers were posted throughout Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Seattle Police said the people posting them are likely associated with a white supremacist hate group.

Read More about Response to Anti-Asian Aggression

April 16, 2020 - 11:45 pm

Earlier this month, a group of King County Metro employees wrote a public letter to their General Manager, Rob Gannon with demands to improve safe working conditions in the workplace. These included:

Read More about People Who Work the King County Metro Transit System

April 7, 2020 - 3:30 pm

Our Music Director, Iaan Hughes, reached out to KBCS DJs, local artists, and friends to find out their go-to music choices to get through these tough times.

Check out some of their selections then share what album is getting you through the day. (Share your album pick here)

Read More about Go-to Quarantine Albums

April 3, 2020 - 10:43 am

Over 60 local volunteer DJs, producers and journalists craft the music and ideas you love on KBCS. Your generous financial support makes it possible.

During normal times, with hundreds of volunteers on deck, KBCS raises one quarter of its annual operating expenses during a ten-day on-air fund drive every spring.

These are extraordinary times.

Make a contribution today.

April 2, 2020 - 10:16 am

As families hunker down at home and share time, electronic devices and space, here are some nuggets to chew on from school psychologist and Co Founder of Sproutable, Julietta Skoog.

March 19, 2020 - 1:37 am

The COVID 19 pandemic has required many in our region to spend more time at home with family. But what does this look like for those families impacted by domestic violence? Joanne Alcantara, the Executive Director  of API Chaya offers perspective and resources to keep families safe during this time.

Read More about Domestic Violence in a Time of Social Distancing

March 16, 2020 - 12:25 pm

As Governor Jay Inslee made the announcement to close all restaurants to in house dining, we turn our focus to Seattle’s Chinatown International District.  This neighborhood felt the impacts of the COVID 19 outbreak weeks before the mainstream public experienced the pinch.  What’s more, find out how small immigrant businesses in the International District suffer from the timing of the virus during Chinese New Year festivities.

Read More about COVID 19 Impacts on the Seattle Chinatown International District

March 13, 2020 - 1:45 am

In response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the state implemented restrictions on the number of people who could congregate to 250 people.  Meanwhile, as Washington state school districts considered closing down, small businesses that run educational services for children needed to made critical decisions about shutting down their programs for the season.  Listen in on what Chrissy Roberts, Owner of Quiet Heart Wilderness School considered as she planned on how to navigate the losses for the spring.

Read More about Small Business Navigation of COVID 19 Impacts

March 6, 2020 - 6:27 pm

The Black Panther Party was active in Seattle from 1968 to 1976, and then as a black panther cadre until 1982. The party offered a free health clinic, screenings for sickle cell anemia and offered families transportation to state penitentiaries.    A new film,  Keepers of the Dream: Seattle Women Black Panthers features five Seattle Black Panther Party women.

Read More about Black Panther Party Women Part 2

February 24, 2020 - 11:24 am

Japanese American elders, their children and grandchildren, and many others held a protest at the Northwest Detention Center on Sunday, February 23rd.  It was a partnership between Tsuru for Solidarity, Densho, Seattle Japanese American Citizens League and La Resistencia.  This story looks at the generational impact incarceration has on families. Tsuru for Solidarity is preparing

Read More about Japanese American Elders Protest the Northwest Detention Center