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Check out this beautiful photo essay by Real Change Contributing Photographer Colin Renberg (.r_photography) in this week's issue of Real Change or at realchangenews.org!

Steps away from Pike Place Market, the first social housing property in Seattle — and one of the first in the United States — has arrived.

Read this article by Real Change Associate Editor Jordan Bollag () in this week's issue of Real Change or at realchangenews.org.

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Hoot hoot! It's Wednesday- that means a new edition is out! 🦉 Mrs. Owl says: Wise up and read the news! Explore the owls of discovery park with 2 years of photos taken by .r_photography !

⚠️ CID Opposes FIFA: A legacy of resistance against Seattle's violence towards Asian Americans through sports infrastructure

🏠 Social Housing Lottery Opens to 10,000 Applicants

🎨Honoring Victims of the 1886 Expulsion. Citizens gather at for an open house about the Chinese American Legacy Artwork Project

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On a quiet, cloudy Saturday in May, Ahlam Nur and her family are putting the final touches on their newly opened cafe, Shaah & Sheeko (.and.sheeko). The first few customers trickle in to try the cafe’s signature Somali tea and baked goods.

To check out this article by Real Change Associate Editor Marian Mohamed (), buy a copy of this week's issue from your local Real Change vendor or go to realchangenews.org. Photos by Patty Tang ().

Joy is resistance. Safety is a right. Every person deserves to be seen, safe, and celebrated. Happy Pride Month from Real Change! 🏳️‍🌈

📰 Youth Homelessness - it's not just in the USA. Read about international homelessness via

📹⚠️ CAMERA ALERT: Surveillance Cameras in CID! examines how they have impacted the community

🏠 Rent Hike Caps Enforcement - 1 year in and Washington State hasn't collected a cent from civil penalties

🫖 New Renton Cafe .and.sheeko offers Somali tea, pastries, and a cozy third space for conversation by

Our vendors carry a lot, and many carry the added weight of being LGBTQ+ in a world that doesn't always make room for them. This Pride Month, we celebrate their resilience and for all those in the community, especially those facing homelessness.

Find Jainigil Moore (Badge #13469) at PCC Bothell this week! Jainigil has been with Real Change for 10 years and just started vending again after taking a break during the pandemic. Support your vendors by purchasing a paper, vendors keep 100% of their earnings.

From 50 people dancing at Occidental Park in 1974 to 300,000+ marching through the streets today, Seattle's Pride has always been a rallying cry. 🏳️‍🌈 This city has been loud and showing up for decades and the march continues.

The power of news media is critical to keeping q***r and marginalized voices heard through the years. Celebrate Pride with Real Change and stand up for human rights.

Photos through the years by and

"The Voting Rights Act's significance—and what its destruction means—can be traced back to what the Southern states themselves said they were fighting for. Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech, declared that the Confederacy was founded on the belief that Black people were not equal to white people and that slavery was their natural condition."

To check out this analysis by Debra Hannula (), buy a copy of this week's issue from your local Real Change vendor or go to realchangenews.org.

Seattleites gathered Memorial Day weekend for the 55th annual Northwest Folklife festival (), which "creates opportunities for all to celebrate, share and participate in the evolving cultural traditions of the Pacific Northwest." Real Change Design Editor Martin photographed the event.

To check it out, buy a copy of this week's issue of Real Change from your local vendor or go to realchangenews.org.

What if the people most affected by homelessness got to tell their own stories?

📰 The Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy, run by , trains people with lived experience of homelessness to become journalists.

"This is not my mural; it is our mural. This is not just a threat to me; it's a threat to us all."

🏫 Bellevue College is rededicating Yonsei artist and activist Erin Shigaki's mural depicting Japanese-American mass incarceration during WWII at Bellevue College, making it a permanent art piece on campus, following its defacement.

🍪 New Vietnamese-American Bake Shop opens in CID.

🎻 Folklife Festival coverage from this weekend

Find Jose Martinez (Badge #15049) at Pike Place this week! Support your vendors by purchasing a paper, vendors keep 100% of their earnings.