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Skagit Hospital Creates Illegal Barriers For Abortion, ACLU Says

The ACLU of Washington has filed a lawsuit against Skagit Regional Health. It claims the public hospital’s policies create illegal barriers to abortion.…

‘Is There a Problem?’ That Scary Brown Man And White Privilege

Last year, I had a big business meeting in New York and a reading for my new book, "How to Say I Love You in Indian," at the American Indian Community…

Khalil Equiano told his story to Zia Mohajerjasbi, director and producer of The Charcoal Sky story series.

He met his first love in Seattle's south end. He lost her there, too

In the south end of Seattle, there was this little hoop court I used to kick it at a lot. One day this super tomboy girl comes down and is like, “Yo, I…

The Goddess Kring, aka Shannon Nicole Kringen, was a regular on Seattle public access TV.

Goddesses, Politics And Porn: When Public Access TV Ruled Seattle

Think back to a time before the Internet, before Netflix … a time when cable TV had a mere 57 channels. It was the 1980s and ’90s, the heyday of public…

A vivid portrait by Bll Schenck at the Tacoma Art Museum, a gift from the Haub family of Germany. The Haubs fell in love the Tacoma area in the 1950s and have collected an impressive collection of western art for decades.

Cold War And Cowboys: How Germans Brought Stunning Art To Tacoma

The story behind a massive new art collection in Tacoma is one of coincidences.A wealthy German couple honeymooned in the area in the 1950s and then,…

The Mitchell Monument in Fremont-Winema National Forests near Bly, Oregon, commemorates the six victims of a balloon bomb in 1945 - the only casulties on the US mainland from enemy action during WWII.

Why It Matters That A WWII Balloon Bomb Fell On Everett

On March 13, 1945, World War II came to the U.S. mainland when a Japanese bomb fell on Everett, Washington.But no airplane dropped it: A hydrogen balloon…

House Finance Chair Reuven Carlyle, left, and Appropriations Chair Ross Hunter unveiled a two-year budget proposal and tax package designed to satisfy a Supreme Court ruling on K-12 funding, March 27, 2015.

Washington Tax Revenue Would Be Double If It Was Idaho

Washington state relies heavily on a sales tax for state revenue. More than 40 states in the union rely on both a sales tax and an income tax. Now there…

Artist's rendering of Oakpointe's 'Ten Trails' development

The dream of Black Diamond's big development is an alternative to suburban sprawl

So how did King County's largest development in recent history end up way out in Black Diamond?It happened in part because of Black Diamond's history as a…

Robin Everett, a Sierra Club organizer, says that Trump sees that workers and the environment are not being protected through these trade deals.

This environmentalist (grudgingly) sides with Trump on trade debate

Last month in Everett, Donald Trump called the Trans-Pacific Partnership a “disaster.” Hillary Clinton opposes it, too. So what does the rise in…

We lost some things this week, but not a baseball game!

This week, Seattle lost its Russian consulate, lost its “first in time” rental law, lost the Battery Street Park, lost everything... except the season…

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