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    / May 12, 2022
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        A new podcast on how the pandemic transformed public education in WA

        Listen to all six episodes now.

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        • Sara Bernard
        / March 23, 2022
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        A foster system paradox: Parents billed for care of their children

        Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for parents in poverty. WA is pushing to change the practice.

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        • Claudia Rowe
        / March 22, 2022
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        Words matter when recounting WWII treatment of Japanese Americans

        In her recent story, reporter Maleeha Syed learned how words like 'internment' gloss over the realities of life under Executive Order 9066.

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        / March 22, 2022
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        Climate Pledge Arena bumps free medical clinic to host concerts

        The clinic hoped for a big turnout for its first post-pandemic event, but scheduling conflicts have left it all but cancelled.

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        / March 9, 2022
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        Tacoma methane storage stirs conflict over climate, health and tribal rights

        The 14-story tank on the Tideflats holds 8 million gallons of liquefied natural gas and it is compounding human rights and climate crises, opponents say.

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        • Rico Moore
        High Country News
        / March 9, 2022
        Left: Atsushi Kiuchi poses for a portrait in front of the NVC Foundation Japanese American Memorial Wall. Right: Eileen Yamada Lamphere poses for a portrait outside her home in Kent.
        Equity

        Life in incarceration: Japanese Americans in WA reflect on WWII

        March marks 80 years since the U.S. issued an exclusion order that forced Japanese Americans from their Bainbridge Island homes. Today, Washingtonians look back on that time.

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        • Maleeha Syed
        / March 8, 2022
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        Environment

        Human Elements: Using Indigenous knowledge to identify toxic shellfish

        Rosa Hunter uses indigenous knowledge to inform her work identifying toxic shellfish.

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        • Sarah Hoffman
        / March 4, 2022
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        Equity

        Rural WA nurses seek support for sexual assault examiner training

        Legislative proposals may help fill in large gaps by providing funds to train more nurses.

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        • Mai Hoang
        / March 2, 2022
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        $340M WA immigrant relief fund plagued by monthslong delays

        Though state lawmakers approved the money last April to help undocumented immigrants, none has been distributed.

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        • Melissa Santos
        / March 2, 2022
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        Equity

        WA bill proposes subsidy to help some families buy diapers

        Families receiving TANF could get more money for diapers if Senate Bill 5838 passes in the Legislature.

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        • Maleeha Syed
        / March 1, 2022
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        Equity

        How Indigenous leaders are using data to confront food insecurity

        The CEO of Native American Agriculture Fund explains how the pandemic created a 'perfect storm' that worsened food access on reservations.

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        • Brian Oaster
        High Country News
        / February 28, 2022
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        Chehalis tribes opened the country's first distillery on reservation land

        After repealing a racist 1834 law, the tribes opened Talking Cedar in 2020 and will begin distilling their own spirits next week.

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        • Luna Reyna
        / February 25, 2022
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        Chief Seattle Club housing project rooted in Indigenous culture

        The organization is opening 80 units in Pioneer Square to provide housing for previously unhoused residents, most of whom are Native.

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        • Luna Reyna
        / February 16, 2022
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        Equity

        WA officials want to end fees charged to parents for kids' jail time

        Hundreds of families owe the state a total of $1.1 million in outstanding detention fees, a practice made legal in WA 45 years ago.

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        • Claudia Rowe
        / February 10, 2022
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        Environment

        How WA farmworkers push for climate justice amid heat and wildfire

        Agricultural workers and advocates aim to make workplaces safer while helping the environment.

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        • Sarah Sax
        High Country News
        / February 8, 2022
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