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Marcus Green

Seattle, South Seattle
As seen in: South Seattle Emerald.org, The Seattle Times, Town Hall Seattle Civics Series, Medium, Sydney Morning Herald, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), The Age, The Christian Science Monitor, The Epoch Times, The Lancet, The World from PRX, AlterNet, openDemocracy and
Covers:  Race and Society, Juvenile Justice, American Working Class, Child Welfare System, Culture, Education, Prison Reform, Mental Health
Publisher @Hintonpublishing, Founder @SoSeaEmerald, Columnist @SeattleTimes, Author of Readying to Rise.

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Marcus Harrison Green is the South King County Reporter for the Seattle Times, the co-founder of the South Seattle Emerald, a former Reporting Fellow with YES! Magazine, a past board member of the Western Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and a recipient of Crosscut’s Courage Award for Culture. Growing up in South Seattle, he experienced first-hand the neglect of news coverage in the area by local media, which taught him the value of narratives. After an unfulfilling…

Marcus Green’s Journalist Portfolio

'Citizen' challenges actors, Seattle audiences to examine everyday racism

'Citizen' challenges actors, Seattle audiences to examine everyday racism

Some nights, the cast of "Citizen: An American Lyric" leaves the stage emotionally gutted. "There are multipl…

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Seattle camp plants seeds for change in Middle East - and at home

Seattle camp plants seeds for change in Middle East - and at home

Anyssa Mahmoud's voice joins a circular chorus of 30 Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab youth singing, "Who…

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King County libraries' Drag Queen Story Hours engage many and enrage others

King County libraries' Drag Queen Story Hours engage many and enrage others

For more than a year, Drag Queen Story Hour has carried on as a family-friendly offering of the King County L…

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Seattle yoga teacher's 'Undoing Whiteness' class: Founded on deep purpose, it's triggered outrage

Seattle yoga teacher's 'Undoing Whiteness' class: Founded on deep purpose, it's triggered outrage

Seattle yoga instructor Laura Humpf's "Undoing Whiteness" class is geared toward white people and examines ob…

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This World Needs YOU, More Than Hope

This World Needs YOU, More Than Hope

(This speech was given on 6/15/19 as part of the University of Washington Community, Environment and Planning…

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Grandparents raising grandkids say they need more help from Washington state

Grandparents raising grandkids say they need more help from Washington state

More than 43,000 relatives, usually grandmothers, find themselves standing in for parents in Washington state…

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Articles

COLUMN | When Corporations Leave, Seattle Communities Pay the Price. It's Time to Invest Locally.

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
Imagine a relationship built on a permanent threat of departure. One person is always negotiating. The other is always conceding. Every disagreement carries the same implication: keep me happy, or I'll leave. Most people would not call that a healthy relationship. They would call it coercion. Yet this is often how American cities are taught to think about large corporations.
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COLUMN | Federal Way Students Build Their Futures by Trying the Trades

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
The buzz saws are already singing when you enter. The harsh metallic hymn of wood giving way and the sound of raw material surrendering itself to human intent is palpable. This is the song of something being made the old-fashioned way — the music of labor and creation that no algorithm can replicate and no touch screen can fully imitate.
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COLUMN | Seattle Veterans Who Know War Ask Why America Can't Wage Peace

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
A child’s artwork with a simple yet powerful message, "Stop the War," clipped to a line at a protest on Nov. 12, 2023, representing a poignant call for peace.(Photo: Alex Garland) The war reached Sandra President's nightmares before the bodies of American soldiers returned home. The Tacoma resident and Air Force veteran served 22 years in uniform and has been retired for six.
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