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Are we the Barbarians we've been waiting for?

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.

The decline and fall of Seattle, the state, the empire.

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Go south, young musician

Posted Tue, Jan 3, 2 a.m.

Mazatlan meets Mahler, and two formerly frantic freelance viola players from Seattle find steady work and communal musical bliss in Mexico, where orchestras thrive while their counterparts in the U.S. are struggling.

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New Orleans is from Venus, Seattle is from....

Posted Wed, Dec 28, 2 a.m.

This town couldn't be another NOLA and wouldn't want to, but maybe it can learn something about life and living from the battered Big Easy.

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Best of 2011: A new world in South King County

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

Welcome to Kent, frontline for the forces transforming America's suburbs: poverty and hardship, global diversity, and exciting new energy and innovation.

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Want to do the crime but not the time in Washington? Be white

Posted Wed, Dec 21, 2 a.m.

A new study finds that blacks and Latinos face much greater likelihood of winding up in prison compared to whites arrested for the same crime. At each step through the criminal justice system, race may subconsciously play into the decisions, adding up to gross unfairness.

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A new world in South King County

Posted Thu, Dec 8, 2 a.m.

Welcome to Kent, frontline for the forces transforming America's suburbs: poverty and hardship, global diversity, and exciting new energy and innovation.

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Public TV, Hugh Jackman, Bellevue: Korean food goes mainstream

Posted Tue, Nov 29, 11 a.m.

Eating on the Edge: A Bellevue fast-casual restaurant is doing what Korean restaurants never did before, catching a wave of broader cultural interest.

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It takes a village to get a Trader Joe's

Posted Tue, Nov 22, 2 a.m.

Good luck trying to buy local in Southeast Seattle. With so many people and so much money, why is it a retail desert?

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Green Acre Radio: How Mexico struggles to defend against flood of U.S. grain

Posted Sun, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

A farmer from Oaxaca visits the Puget Sound region to talk about defending non-GMO corn and culture.

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Putting Grocery Outlet to the taste (and value) test

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 2 a.m.

Eating on the Edge: A deep-discount grocery chain, Grocery Outlet is loaded with bargains and lots of surprise variety. It's far from hip, like Trader Joe's, but it's a smart place for opportunistic shoppers.

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Farm workers at risk: EEOC wins NW harassment settlements

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues a series of Northwest employers for letting foremen harass and assault immigrant workers. Civil rights attorneys say abused farm and janitorial workers are just starting to come forward.

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'It Can't Happen Here' happens here again

Posted Fri, Oct 21, 2 a.m.

This Monday, a revival reading of Sinclair Lewis's fable of an American fascist coup opens a rare window into Depression-era Washington, when politics were radical, artists were agitators, and theater really seemed to matter.

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How Asian Americans finally moved beyond the ID

Posted Mon, Oct 17, 2 a.m.

For many years, the law proved a barrier to moving out of a narrowly confined community. Then, the law itself made a difference in opening wider opportunities.

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Hillman City neighborhood gets its great good place

Posted Tue, Oct 11, 2 a.m.

Tale of two Seattles: Poised between the very different worlds of Queen Anne and Southeast Seattle, our bipolar correspondent discovers what a difference a neighborhhood bar can make.

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Seattle's Asian population rallies around film festival

Posted Fri, Oct 7, 2 a.m.

Seattle's South-Asian Film Festival has exploded in the past year, bringing both local and international directors into the mix. What's in store for festival-goers this weekend?

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Presumptuous prohibitionist: Ken Burns ignores drugs

Posted Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m.

Public TV's documentary historian refuses to see the connections between yesteryear's prohibition and today's drug war. It's particularly strange for someone who otherwise sees so much about race in America.

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Hitting the road, in search of the real America

Posted Thu, Sep 29, 2 a.m.

Author James A. Reeves crisscrossed America in a rental car. What he found was a touching portrait of loss, community resilience, and the overbearing hand of government fear.

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Seattle's fall art scene delves into design

Posted Thu, Sep 22, 2 a.m.

The Seattle Design Festival is ushering in a series of design-based art events around the Seattle area this fall. Kascha Semonovitch highlights what not to miss.

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Delegation crashes port event in Seattle to call for trucking changes

Posted Wed, Sep 14, 5:05 p.m.

Religious leaders, truckers, and activists are urging the Port of Seattle to take much more significant steps to help truckers, reduce pollution, and protect health in the Georgetown and South Park neighborhoods.

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Thirteen keepers, scattered around Seattle

Posted Mon, Sep 12, 2 a.m.

Our resident curmudgeon celebrates a baker's dozen of icons Seattle couldn't live without.

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Culture / Ethnicity Blog posts

A local comic brew debuts online. Just don't call it 'Seattleandia'.

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.

'Local Brew' delivers real laughs and captures real Seattle moments. Best of all, it revives the shambolic, do-it-yourself spirit that made Seattle fun.

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Lowe's welcomes Muslims in its stores, but not on reality TV

Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m. 2011

The home improvement chain flails around after falling for a Muslim-bashing boycott. Meanwhile, look who's shopping in its Rainier Valley store.

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Better health for all gets a digital assist

Posted Mon, Oct 24, 9:15 p.m. 2011

A new effort, Mapping Our Voices for Equality, has grown out of federal efforts to involve more communities in promoting healthy foods and preventing the dangers associated with smoking.

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Making nice with Myanmar, and remembering Burma's Saffron Revolution

Posted Thu, Sep 29, 4 p.m. 2011

A Seattle vigil for Burma's hopes and agonies wil be held Oct. 2 at Green Lake.

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Bainbridge remembers the Japanese American expulsion on Saturday

Posted Wed, Aug 3, 6 p.m. 2011

A dedication for a wall memorializing the World War II internment will take place at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6.

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Daughter of Norway: sorrow for land where we once honeymooned

Posted Wed, Jul 27, 2:30 p.m. 2011

Growing up, I was surrounded by Norskes. My non-English speaking grandparents emigrated from Trondheim, Norway, to Snohomish County.

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NW Journalists of Color awards scholarships as newsrooms lag in ethnic diversity

Posted Wed, Jun 8, 4:40 p.m. 2011

Local ethnic journalism umbrella organization honors five college students.

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'Below U.S.' explores Speedy Gonzalez and his identity crisis

Posted Thu, Jun 2, 10:52 a.m. 2011

Experimenting with puppets and cartoon stereotypes, a new multimedia play confronts the challenges faced by people with hybrid ethnic identities.

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Green Acre Radio: Faith and food go together in multi-ethnic churches' garden efforts

Posted Fri, May 27, 2 a.m. 2011

Some local churches are working together in a project that unites their communities around health, food, and education.

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Green Acre Radio: Farming is thriving at Yesler Terrace

Posted Sat, Apr 30, 2 a.m. 2011

The big results have those who grow food there hoping to convince the Seattle Housing Authority to preserve vegetable gardens when redevelopment occurs.

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How Jan Brewer, Gingrich made sure race is an election year issue Finger wagging (explained later in different ways) and campaign statements have made it clear that America won't escape questions around race this year.

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David Brooks: the value of rebellion Brooks writes, "If I could offer advice to a young rebel, it would be to rummage the past for a body of thought that helps you understand and address the shortcomings you see."

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'Soul Train's' Don Cornelius, a suicide at 75 The AP reports, "Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced host of 'Soul Train' who helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and cutting-edge style, died early Wednesday of an apparent suicide."

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A spike in Norwesterners claiming tribal heritage KUOW reports, "The number of residents who identify as Native American is increasing much faster than the growth of the overall population. An analysis of 2010 Census figures shows much of the increase comes from people who say they're part-American Indian."

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Anchorage's longest residing citizen dies at 99 The Anchorage Daily News reports, "Frank Metcalf Reed, 99, who arrived as a babe-in-arms on the banks of Ship Creek in 1915, died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Providence Hospital after a sudden bout of pneumonia. He had probably lived in Anchorage longer than anyone, even serving his World War II enlistment as a naval liaison officer helping young seamen transiting the town on what is today Elmendorf Air Force Base."

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