Naomi Ishisaka

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Naomi Ishisaka

When Quintard Taylor launched BlackPast in 2007, he didn’t realize attacks on history would make the site as necessary as it has proved to be. BlackPast — what Taylor calls an “encyclopedia” of African Americans and people of African ancestry around the world — features over 10,000 online entries about people, events and organizations from throughout centuries.

2 months ago | tri-cityherald.com | Naomi Ishisaka

Sam Doyle finally had enough. At 46, Doyle said she had long followed national politics and the news but had always remained a spectator, and never gotten into the arena. But as a queer person of color, mom of three, advanced registered nurse practitioner and state employee, the longtime Mountlake Terrace resident said she could no longer stay on the sidelines. The onslaught of attacks by the Trump administration on people like her and other marginalized people propelled her to take action.

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Naomi Ishisaka

Sam Doyle finally had enough. At 46, Doyle said she had long followed national politics and the news but had always remained a spectator, and never gotten into the arena. But as a queer person of color, mom of three, advanced registered nurse practitioner and state employee, the longtime Mountlake Terrace resident said she could no longer stay on the sidelines. The onslaught of attacks by the Trump administration on people like her and other marginalized people propelled her to take action.

Mar 3, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Naomi Ishisaka

There’s a famous James Baldwin quote I have always appreciated: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”I thought a lot about that quote when I read Vanessa Priya Daniel’s book “Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning.”I don’t think I have read anything that resonated as strongly as this book or more cogently touched on hard truths we don’t talk about — much less face.

Feb 25, 2025 | tri-cityherald.com | Naomi Ishisaka

Every time I write about topics that touch on Asian American history, I am struck by how little people know about the country's fastest-growing major racial group. This is not surprising because while Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history is U.S. history, it is still largely missing in U.S. K-12 classrooms, scholar Erika Lee reported in the Organization of American Historians.