Seattle gave 20 World Cup tickets to African Youth Sports Academy to send kids to a match. The group returned them after the U.S. denied entry to Somali referee Omar Artan.

The group Tacoma For All is pursuing a ballot initiative that would require the city to hold landlords accountable for breaking the law and mistreating renters.

On June 23, Ibrahim Maalouf and his band hit the stage at Seattle's Crocodile in celebration of his father's groundbreaking invention — the quarter-tone trumpet.

Queer Swing Seattle celebrates the underrepresented Black and queer roots of swing dance and music through dance classes and their upcoming pride event, "Swung Out."