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Energy boom transforms Canada's prairies

Thu, May 10, midnight

By Anthony B. Robinson

Canada's western provinces used to be a sleepy extension of our own agricultural inland. Now a boom has Canada looking for faster ways to bring in skilled immigrants to help with all the work.

The Kachins of Kent, Washington

Wed, May 2, midnight

By Eric Scigliano

While the world hails the advent of peace and democracy in Myanmar, refugees from there bear very different news.

Racial profiling on Washington’s northern border?

Tue, Apr 24, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The UW Center for Human Rights and immigrant community advocates at OneAmerica charge that Latino groups live in a climate of fear produced by racial profiling and other Border Patrol practices.

Seattle's global health powerhouses turn their attention to south King County

Wed, Mar 7, 2 a.m.

By Collin Tong

A coalition of local and global health groups have banded together to bring the lessons they've learned in developing countries to south King County, where the health index is as bad as Nairobi.

Time to stop snubbing the suburbs?

Tue, Feb 28, 2 a.m.

By Mark Hinshaw

The notion of a "suburb" is history. Diversity, greater density, more shopping and transportation choices are all part of the new identities of the communities around Seattle.

Recession has added to difficulties in getting some employers to pay workers

Wed, Feb 15, 2 a.m.

By Kathy Mulady/Equal Voice News

A movement to add local and state laws has spread around the country.

Best of 2011: A new world in South King County

Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

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

A new world in South King County

Thu, Dec 8, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

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

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

Tue, Nov 29, 11 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

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

Farm workers at risk: EEOC wins NW harassment settlements

Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

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.

Hillman City neighborhood gets its great good place

Tue, Oct 11, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

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.

Summit aims to help parents deal with schools

Thu, Aug 18, 11:45 a.m.

By Erik Neumann

The Seattle Alliance of Black School Educators is holding an event Saturday (Aug. 20) to empower parents.

Industrial jobs: how a federal program nips at Seattle's economy

Tue, Aug 16, 2 a.m.

By Jordan Royer

A program started in the first Bush administration is supposed to create jobs. To a supporter of manufacturing and export jobs, the fed effort looks like a real threat to Seattle's economic base.