Green Acre Radio: UW exhibits highlights Hanford legacies
Posted Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.
The exhibit takes a different perspective, viewing the heavily contaminated nuclear reservation through the eyes of artists and poets.
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Posted Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.
The exhibit takes a different perspective, viewing the heavily contaminated nuclear reservation through the eyes of artists and poets.
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Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.
The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.
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Posted Wed, Feb 1, 11:30 a.m.
Washington state helped set the pattern for the national abuse of personal liberties during the Red Scare days. Gays were among the targets, so it would be fitting to time repeal of state laws that served as a model for McCarthyism with approval of gay marriage.
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A friend's battle with addiction and alcoholism leads to the ER -- and anger on the part of a friend who tried to help. But there's real strength in fighting every day to move forward rather than slip back toward another relapse.
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Posted Thu, Jan 19, 2 a.m.
The School Board feels its way with its more independent-minded members, hoping to present a more solid picture to candidates for the hot seat. The argument over board protocol seems arcane, but much is riding on it.
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Posted Tue, Jan 17, 2 a.m.
Training for jobs has shifted to community colleges. But shouldn't we offer opportunities to relate career interests to classes in high school, even if it contradicts the mantra of college for all?
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Posted Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.
The Supreme Court ruled last week that the state legislature isn't fully funding education. Why the decision isn't the windfall for Washington education that it seems.
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Posted Thu, Jan 12, 2 p.m.
The Eatonville School District weighs the idea of a shortened school week that would save the district money, but leave parents and school employees in the lurch.
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Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.
He's been dealt a bad hand, and he's keeping his cards close to his vest. But the new president may have the smarts and the steadiness to rebuild the finances of this critical institution.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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Posted Thu, Jan 5, 2 a.m.
The Seattle school district seems to be the Bermuda Triangle of superintendents, with a new national candidate search every three years. Could it be that finding the right leader for the district isn't our real problem?
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Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.
Daniel was not like other kids. But he taught his mother to drop her expectations about what life and parenting are all about.
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Posted Thu, Dec 29, 2 a.m.
That most incumbents deserve reelection and are doing fairly well does not eliminate the need for important structural changes.
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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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Posted Tue, Dec 27, 12:45 p.m.
Children change the character of a place for the better, but downtown Seattle lacks an essential ingredient for serving families with children: schools.
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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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Posted Sat, Dec 24, 9 p.m.
It's okay to be grateful around this time of year, so here are some suggested causes for lifting your wassail bowl.
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Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m.
The Department of Justice lands, clumsily, on Seattle police, and Seattle Schools Supt. Susan Enfield opts out of the fray. Here's the story behind these two bombshells.
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Posted Sun, Dec 18, 11:30 p.m.
The children "need to feel like they still belong to this community," says Celebrate Kids! founder Vance Bartley, once a lifer behind bars under the state’s three-strikes law.
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Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 p.m.
A Seattle Central Community College program gives students a head start on getting with the seed to plate movement, food justice, and affordability.
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No more excuses about marriage for some folks. Bellevue wants what Seattle has lost. Green jobs: not going according to the plan.
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Michael Young and other university presidents are angry about Obama's criticism of rising tuition bills. County election offices are worried about a brainstorm in Olympia. WSDOT moves in to move homeless from under viaduct.
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The all-day cancelation follows a day in which classes started early -- and were dismissed early.
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A new survey shows that Seattle took to the interim superintendent. The one who has taken flight, that is.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 8, 11:15 p.m. 2011
School Board leader Steve Sundquist trailed a challenger narrowly in the first results.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m. 2011
A gradual rise in graduation rates halted in the most recent statistics.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 23, 11 a.m. 2011
Poker games with revenues in Olympia; why the lobbyists love Patty Murray even more than usual; high pay for profs; recognizing the Duwamish Tribe; and a history lesson for Obama, while "visiting" Seattle.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 16, 11 a.m. 2011
In the news today: Washington's growing higher-ed problems, California tackles its own college conundrums, unbricking the Elwha dams, joblessness grows in Everett and, for a little comic relief, Stan Boreson gets naked.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 9, 11 a.m. 2011
Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.
MOREPosted Tue, Sep 6, 8:52 p.m. 2011
Bob Gates, despite some courting by the U.W., settles for a genial post at William & Mary College. Would he have been what the doctor ordered for the Huskies?
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