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On a recent night at El Centro de la Raza, in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, undocumented workers show up with folders of paperwork. They’ve come to…

Last Friday, mountaineer legend Chad Kellogg was killed climbing Mount Fitz Roy in Argentina.His death has been a blow to the local climbing…

The race for the open seat on the Washington Supreme Court has drawn two staunch defenders of individual rights. One is former justice Richard Sanders,…

"The Nest," as the students call it, is a serious step up from a tent.There's no plumbing or electricity, but it's watertight, insulated and has walls and…

In the land of Microsoft and Amazon, a non-digital book almost seems like an anachronism. Why bother with paper and ink when you can download the latest…

It’s late afternoon at the Issaquah Highlands, where a thick fog has engulfed the park and ride here.Buses pull up to drop off a dozen people at a time.…

Kathy Sauber makes her living taking pictures. But these days she’s having trouble concentrating on her work.On a recent shoot, when a client wanted a…

Let's talk for a minute about how invention works in our world.One way to divide the process of inventing is into 1) basic science research, and 2)…

I'm at a dock on Lake Washington and it’s a calm evening. I’m with my "ba" – dad in Vietnamese – Quang Adam Nguyen.Ba is handy and loving. According to my…

Dr. Ira Helfand said when the Cold War ended, we all began to act as if nuclear weapons had gone away.In fact, about 15,000 nuclear warheads currently…