The Metro Council voted Feb. 5 to approve a resolution that required traffic reducing devices – such as tolls — be applied to any final bridge design, which has yet to be decided. Councilors – as well as many supporters and critics – have said they don't want the bridge to attract additional congestion, which would make the $4 billion investment nearly moot....

Nicole West, her father T. West and sisters (not in frame) Nichelle and Ashley West, members of Heaven Gift, perform at the third annual African Heritage Unity Celebration, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Charles H. Mitchell Activity Center at Seattle Central Community College.  The event included dance, music, art and traditional food, celebrating African heritage.

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate King County Executive Ron Sims to be deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In other news, the Seattle P.I. reported that Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske might be named as the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy....

Isaiah Francis, Ilhan Ali and Chris Johnson wage a snowball fight in July at Lake Sally Ann in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Students participating in the Urban Wilderness Project are Jamaican, Eritrean and African American. The Strange Fruit workshop will help create strategies for overcoming the psychological barriers to enjoying the wilderness....

The findings from a National Online Harris Poll, commissioned by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, show 93 percent of African Americans believe improving foster care should be a national priority.
The poll also found that although the community deems the issue important, 87 percent of African American adults polled know little or nothing about the experiences of children in foster care, and more than half (49 percent) know nothing at all about these children....

What's happening for you in Seattle this week? Read here a day-by-day diary of free community events to fill your spare time. For a full calendar please click on "Read the complete article" below.…

What's happening for you in Portland this week? Read here a day-by-day diary of free community events to fill your spare time. For a full calendar please click on "Read the complete article" below.…

President Obama's economic stimulus plan passes from the U.S. House to the Senate for finalization. As it stands currently, the bill will send an $819 billion...

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The latest unemployment rates are nothing short of stunning. The overall rate, 7.6 percent is alarming enough. The fact that unemployment claims have topped 600,000 last week is even more challenging. 
And then, the fact that the African American unemployment rate is 12.9 percent is startling. This means that more than one in 8 African Americans is officially out of work....