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Seattle’s biggest cemetery begins with a tragic story.

Eighth-grader Beezus Murphy has always loved Dr. Seuss.

Lawyers are more likely to strike people of color from their jury selection, research shows, making juries more white. The effect of predominantly white juries is well documented. Now Washington state’s highest court has adopted a new rule aimed at reducing this racial bias.

This may be the most Seattle of problems: people abandoning their bike share rentals on the ferry.

In the wake of revelations that the data of 87 million users was exposed to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress under oath. A notoriously awkward public speaker, Zuckerberg’s primary battle may be to “ stay on script while keeping his armpits dry ,” writes Slate senior technology editor Will Oremus. He joined Marcie Sillman to discuss what we can expect from this week’s hearings, and what Facebook might be afraid of.

The cherry blossoms have emerged - and so has the artwork of Michael Spafford. The prolific painter has simultaneous shows in three galleries, and a book of his work has just come out. Artist, curator, and former Spafford student Barbara Earl Thomas joined Marcie Sillman to discuss why his work is such an important part of the local art landscape.

Seattle civil rights leader, Reverend Sam McKinney, died April 7, 2018. @KUOWRoss shares this remembrance: pic.twitter.com/d9put8NY5z — KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 10, 2018 Seattle lost a civil rights icon this weekend. The Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney died Saturday. He was 91. KUOW's Marcie Sillman spoke with arts advocate and former Seattle Arts Commission chair, Vivian Phillips, who knew McKinney personally about his life and work.

The chair of King County's Democratic party has resigned in the wake of a harassment investigation. Volunteers filed a complaint against Bailey Stober earlier this year, accusing him of harassing a staff member, using sexist language and mismanaging party funds.

More than 400 years after the bard passed away, two Shakespeare plays are stirring up controversy. Seattle Shakespeare Company is running “The Merchant of Venice,” and 5th Avenue Theater’s run of “Kiss Me Kate.” In 2018, what do we do with celebrated works that have deep strains of misogyny and bigotry? Is it ever time to retire a classic?

If you were driving through Seattle Sunday you may have noticed the Alaskan Way Viaduct was closed all morning. Well, closed to cars that is. The bridge was open to bikes.

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday to consider regulating transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. The city could end up raising base fares to $2.40, which is the minimum fare charged by taxis. Currently, both Lyft and Uber charge $1.35 as a base fare in Seattle. Kim Malcolm talks with journalist Kevin Schofield about the impact of potential regulations on drivers and consumers.

Originally, the Nguyens were fish breeders, supplying the region’s pet stores. Aurora Avenue North was good for that: Highways are where you want to be if you distribute stuff.

Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes about a new study that looks at the impact of drugs picked up by juvenile Chinook salmon in Puget Sound.

This week, KOMO anchors had to read a script written by their conservative bosses, Sinclair Broadcast Group. Seattle considered several traffic solutions, including prescribing downtown drivers a traffic decongestant And a UW researcher says bowhead whales are singing jazz.

Today KUOW launches a new series celebrating Pacific Northwest writers. We invite local poets to write an original piece inspired by a KUOW news story. It's called NewsPoet and our first is Seattle-based poet Imani Sims.