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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, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), The Christian Science Monitor, The Epoch Times, The World from PRX, The Lancet, openDemocracy, AlterNet, Christian Today, WAtoday 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

I'm Leaving Journalism. But I'll Never Stop Fighting for the South End

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
Marcus Harrison Green at the South Seattle Emerald's F*** Fascism brunch at the Royal Room, May 2026. (Photo by Danny Ngan)Danny Ngan Fifteen years ago, I was terrified of a computer monitor. All the blankness staring back at me and what it demanded: that I find something true to say, then summon the courage to leave it there where everyone could see it. I had no journalism degree, no newsroom pedigree, no real reason to believe I belonged in the profession.
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COLUMN | Gun Violence Didn't Move to Seattle Center. Our Attention Did.

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
By the time the vigil began Monday night at Seattle Center, in remembrance of the shootings at the Bite of Seattle, I already knew I wasn't only grieving the people who died there. I was grieving the people our city had already forgotten. The names spoken that evening deserved every tear. Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba. Ashley Whitehead. Junior Cee Niko Semo. Their families deserve every embrace, every candle, every promise that Seattle will not look away.
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COLUMN | Seattle Had No Homicides in June. Don't Use It to Justify More Policing.

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By Marcus Green
| South Seattle Emerald.org
Chalk it up to World Cup vibes, or to Seattle under socialism if that's the story you'd rather tell. But the plain fact is this: Our city did something last month it hasn't done in 56 years — we went the entire month of June without a homicide. Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes called it a reminder of what the city can do when everyone rows in the same direction. I suppose.
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