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In Washington, floods are sometimes fought with fire

Posted Sat, Nov 19, 12:49 p.m.

Thanks for this excellent overview of this complex issue. In working on this documentary project I have come to understand the difficulty county officials and floodplain managers have in trying to balance the needs of the homeowners living in the flood zones with the practical reality of preserving precious federal ...

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Sick and homeless: Seattle takes big step to intervene

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 9:54 a.m.

This piece highlights once again the common sense fixes that can be applied to America's growing problem of homelessness. It seems to be a no-brainer, to have a place where someone living on the streets would be able to go after a hospital stay which costs about ten times less ...

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The story of psychiatric meds is all about progress. Isn't it?

Posted Tue, May 17, 10:22 a.m.

Judy, Your reporting on Robert Whitaker's groundbreaking book is insightful and important. I applaud your ability to sift through the complex issues and medical linguistics of this book and distill it into human terms. I attended one of the lectures last week of Mr. Whitaker's and as a journalist and ...

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