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Photo essay: A day at the cricket grounds
Photographer Jack Hunter shows us the game of cricket as played at this weekend's tournament at Redmond's Marymoor Park.
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Coder by day, cricket bowler by night
Greater Seattle's Indian population has grown to more than 60,000. India claims 22 national languages, but cricket is spoken by all.
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Ethiopian Orthodox community celebrates Easter.
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What's really 'mai' (new): An authentic Thai restaurant in Seattle
A Phinney Ridge restaurant serves the kind of food you'd find in Thailand. With too few immigrants to provide the clientele, the most obvious target market may be hipsters. And anyone willing to live a little.
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State Senate Republican victory could be costly with women, Hispanic Washingtonians
News analysis: Maintaining discipline within the Majority Coalition Caucus was a choice that will strike some as driven by an exclusionary agenda that the party is supposedly trying to escape.
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Feeling the wrath of Putin in Russia from the Northwest
The Northwest has a long history of promoting freedom in Russia. The latest anti-democracy moves raise questions about how to respond without causing more trouble.
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Pollution cuts life spans for some in the Duwamish Valley. Is the mayor's race about to get scrambled?
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Schools, cities worry about bill pushing for wider representation
A proposal in the state Legislature would let minority groups to seek changes in voting districts.
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In a Crosscut collaboration with Seattle magazine, Eric Scigliano explores why so many immigrants find the road to the American Dream runs through Bellevue and Redmond.
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Bellevue's mosque is packed to the gills with worshippers from around the world. Thank goodness for parking lot ecumenicalism. A Crosscut collaboration with Seattle magazine.
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Bill targets racism in setting up voting districts
A proposal to create remedies to head off gerrymandering provokes worries from cities and school districts.
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6 ways to help immigrants and the entire state
Commentary: Washington state would be much better off if it did more to integrate immigrants into the education system, business and society. Here is an action plan for the new governor and Legislature.
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Is Mount Rainier too white?
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A Weekly Standard writer takes a skeptical look at a conference on the idea of white privilege.
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Boy Scouts to accept openly gay youths
The decision, which came after years of resistance and wrenching internal debate, was widely seen as a milestone for the Boy Scouts, a symbol of traditional America.
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David Brooks: Young, Hispanic, successful and patriotic
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