Subject:

El Centro

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Immigration Raid Has Ripple Effect on Ellensburg Economy

    Image via​The residents of a mobile home park on the outskirts of Ellensburg received a rude awakening early last Thursday morning. A police helicopter hovered above their homes, shining a searchlight through their windows. Squad cars blocked the entrance and exit to the community, which is ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Roberto Maestas, Longtime Latino Leader Who Ruled with Charm and an Iron Hand, Dies Today

    ​The eulogies are coming in for Roberto Maestas, the longtime Latino leader and El Centro de la Raza founder who died this morning of lung cancer. Mayor Mike McGinn ordered city flags to fly at half-mast today, and spoke of the "beloved community" Maestas envisioned building through "nonviolen ... More >>

  • Food

    August 18, 2010

    Burnt Meat Is El Pilón's Treat

    Mofongo just like Grandma makes.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Seattle Police Bureaucracy v. Our Need For Vengeance: Brawl of the Week

    ​The video of Seattle cops stomping on a Latino man, one telling him "I'm going to beat the fucking Mexican piss out of you homey. You feel me?", has sparked outrage. Led by El Centro de La Raza Executive Director Estela Ortega, activists from local minority and social justice groups filled th ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    SPS Teacher Contract Negotiations Make for Unlikely Enemies

    ​The video of Seattle cops stomping on a Latino man, one telling him "I'm going to beat the fucking Mexican piss out of you homey. You feel me?", has sparked outrage. Led by El Centro de La Raza Executive Director Estela Ortega, activists from local minority and social justice groups filled th ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Downed by Law

    Immigration attorney Antonio Salazar's clients got more than they bargained for—namely, deportation.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Teachers Union Bristles at New Coalition's Effort to Muscle In on Contract Negotiations

    A new coalition wants the district to weed out bad teachers.​Contract negotiations began this week between Seattle Public Schools and the teachers union, and the atmosphere is already getting testy--but not between the parties you might expect. Seattle Education Association president Olga Adda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Mike McGinn, Anti-Establishment Mayor? Not So Far

    Political "outsider" Mike McGinn is staffing his team from the inside.​Earlier this month, Josh Feit declared that thanks to Mike McGinn's victory, "Anybody Who Was Anybody is Now Nobody." Well, not quite. You can breathe easy Tayloe Washburn and the Seattle Chamber types that lamented the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Rights Groups' Rally at Council Meeting Pays Off

    Carlos Marentes (in the suit, on the right) addresses the group before entering chambers. Filling King County Council chambers with supporters appeared to get the job done for a coalition of labor, civil rights, and immigrant advocacy groups, as Councilmembers assured them movement on their stalled ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    Tom Carr: A Sneakier Mark Sidran?

    Or is there a softer side to the city attorney, an alcoholic's son who believes in redemption?

  • News

    March 12, 2008

    Moneytree CEO Wants You to Rethink His Business

    With targeted philanthropy, and close attention to ethics, Moneytree CEO Dennis Bassford is achieving the unthinkable: overcoming prejudice against the payday lending industry.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Democracy Meets Theology

    With targeted philanthropy, and close attention to ethics, Moneytree CEO Dennis Bassford is achieving the unthinkable: overcoming prejudice against the payday lending industry.

  • Diversions

    December 14, 2005

    Now More Than Ever

    Local and international charities need your help.

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Nov. 2-8, 2005

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Buzz

    Nov. 2-8, 2005

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    The School Boards Share

    What such issues have in common is a passive school board.

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    Beating up on Schell

    What such issues have in common is a passive school board.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    The rest of us considered

    What such issues have in common is a passive school board.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    The Meal Deal

    Helping ease hunger is a year-round pursuit

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Life in a tarp town

    On Beacon Hill, the homeless encampment struggles on—and racks up big city fines.

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    Yo lo Tenyo

    On Beacon Hill, the homeless encampment struggles on—and racks up big city fines.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    Yellers and screamers

    A community council dispute calls into question the neighborhood governance model.

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Reexamining El Centro

    A series of crises has the nonprofit's charismatic director circling the wagons.

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    Once more, with feeling

    Seattle's African American Heritage Museum, born in one forcible occupation, is now threatened by another.

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