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Dec. 22, 2022 - Supreme Court may decide fate of Native kids
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Video title: Dec. 22, 2022 - Supreme Court may decide fate of Native kids
Video duration: 1m 15sVideo description: The Indian Child Welfare Act aims to keep Native children in Indigenous homes. But a SCOTUS ruling could render it moot — and set a consequential precedent.
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Mar. 23, 2023 - Protest against wind project at WWII site
S4 E35 / 1m 15s
Advocates say 400 turbines will threaten the sanctity of the historic Idaho location that served as an incarceration camp during WWII.
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Mar. 23, 2023 - More drivers are fleeing deadly collisions
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More and more drivers are fleeing deadly collisions across Washington state and the nation. Can advocates and officials find a solution?
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Mar. 15, 2023 - Seattle’s Dance Church's national expansion
S4 E33 / 1m 15s
Could the local exercise craze be the next Zumba? With $4.7 million in venture capital, leaders must balance an artist-led mission with national expansion.
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Mar. 15, 2023 -The egg shortage won't end anytime soon
S4 E32 / 1m 15s
Washington ecologists and farmers are scrambling to slow the avian flu — and get cartons back on grocery shelves.
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Mar. 15, 2023 - Human-services workers underpaid by 37%
S4 E31 / 1m 15s
Seattle homeless outreach, child care and elder care workers are leaving for higher wages, making it harder to provide care for the city’s most vulnerable.
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Mar. 8, 2023 - WA food banks brace for 'hunger cliff"
S4 E30 / 1m 15s
As food-stamp recipients see grocery budgets tighten, state proposals would shift money to already strained and short-staffed local services.
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Mar. 8, 2023 - Seattle's Third Avenue Project's new approach
S4 E29 / 1m 15s
Outreach providers and social workers are teaming up to combat drugs, crime and poverty in 'the Blade.'
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Mar. 8, 2023 - A NW painter is setting auction records
S4 E28 / 1m 15s
Alden Mason never reached international fame. Now his paintings are breaking sales records and allegedly inspiring a forgery ... in Madrid.
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Mar. 1, 2023 - Union fight shows hard road to contracts
S4 E27 / 1m 15s
Prolonged negotiations and mounting complaints at the Seattle-based coffee retailer show the obstacles a new labor movement faces.
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Mar 1, 2023 - Two Pike Place totem poles to be removed
S4 E26 / 1m 15s
Despite controversy, the 50-foot cedar poles could be reinstalled before Seattle's Victor Steinbrueck Park reopens this fall.
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Mar. 1, 2023 - Gates Foundation exhibit examines motherhood
S4 E25 / 1m 15s
Breast pumps, antique forceps and a pink glass uterus: how doctors, industrial designers and three Seattle artists tackle the topic of reproduction.
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Feb. 23, 2023 - What's next for Downtown Seattle?
S4 E24 / 1m 15s
With hybrid work here to stay, city leaders ask: Can the central business district become a residential neighborhood?
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Feb. 23, 2023 - 'Community navigators' bridge healthcare gap
S4 E23 / 1m 15s
In King County, public health ambassadors with cultural connections help break down patient/provider barriers.
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Feb. 23, 2023 - All former WA prisoners can now vote
S4 E22 / 1m 15s
All former WA prisoners can now vote. So far, few have.
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Feb. 15, 2023 - The Wah Mee tragedy
S4 E21 / 1m 15s
The Wah Mee tragedy shook the Chinatown-International District 40 years ago. The ensuing media coverage further traumatized a grieving community.
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Feb. 15, 2023 - The Glassblower
S4 E20 / 1m 15s
Glass sculptor Raven Skyriver makes lifelike creations that celebrate the endangered marine animals of the Pacific Northwest.
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Feb. 15, 2023 - Consolidating schools is an equity issue
S4 E19 / 1m 15s
Citing shrinking enrollment, the school district may close some elementaries — raising questions about who will bear the brunt of potential cuts.
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Feb. 9, 2023 - Rising rents are drowning WA's smaller cities
S4 E18 / 1m 15s
Seattle may have the highest rents statewide, but communities such as Walla Walla and Spokane have seen the most drastic losses in affordability.
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Feb. 9, 2023 - Indigenous-led art group buys green space
S4 E17 / 1m 15s
The group envisions the 1.5-acre green space as a powerful way for Indigenous people to reconnect with community, art and nature in Seattle.
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