Un maestro de secundaria, hijo de trabajadores agrícolas, dedica innumerables horas a organizar manifestaciones en distintas partes del estado de Washington, mientras una familia llora la pérdida de su padre. Con la propagación del coronavirus en las comunidades rurales y agrícolas de Washington, el condado de Yakima sufre del índice más alto per cápita de casos de COVID-19 de toda la Costa Oeste. Trabajadores agrícolas latinx y sus familias realizan la labor esencial de cultivar la tierra para suministrar alimentos a la nación a la vez que luchan para que se valore su vida sobre las ganancias.

Our nation's parks and forests have struggled with a diversity problem for decades. A long history of racism and exclusion in the great outdoors has left a deeply ingrained message about natural spaces: People of color don’t belong. Today, a group of dedicated nature lovers in Wenatchee hopes to change that. Team Naturaleza is making Central Washington's outdoor spaces more bilingual, one hike at a time.

Los parques y bosques de la nación tienen un problema de diversidad desde hace décadas. Una larga historia de racismo y exclusión en los grandes espacios naturales han dejado un mensaje profundamente arraigado: que no son para las personas de color. Hoy, un grupo dedicado de amantes de la naturaleza de Wenatchee se propone cambiar eso. Team Naturaleza está convirtiendo los espacios naturales del centro de Washington en lugares más bilingües, una excursión a la vez.

From burning cities to the Boeing recession, the state’s history is a litany of tough times and meeting challenges. Fifty years ago, Seattle was in the middle of a major economic crisis. Boeing had massive layoffs and the future of Seattle looked bleak. Despite setbacks, the city made major progress in shaping itself into the city we know today. We've faced tough times before the current pandemic and economic downturn and, each time, the people of the Pacific Northwest have risen above the challenges. Join host Knute Berger for a special look at the grit and resilience of our region's history, told through the stories of the people and places that have faced adversity in the past — and the lessons learned for today.

A century ago, violence of a brutal nature broke out in southwest Washington when two ideologies clashed: the anti-Bolshevik American Legion and the radical organizers of the Industrial Workers of the World, the IWW—better known as the Wobblies. The violence left its scars on the streets of Centralia in Lewis County in November 1919, and the legacy of that date is still debated.