A federal jury ruled that a Washington state detention center owes detainees minimum wage

US-Canadian border restrictions prove ‘soul-crushing’ for businesses in isolated Point Roberts

Royal tumult in Jordan comes at a time of economic hardship

2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth

Do US-living descendants of tribes in Canada have rights north of the border?

Young US Latinos are at the forefront of a climate revolution

Choirs in the age of coronavirus: A new study looks at the risks of singing

This Latina first-time voter ‘can’t stay mute’ about racism

Trump proposes harsh asylum rules disqualifying many applicants

Pandemic stress overshadows US election for this young Latina voter

Young Latino voters in Seattle view November election through lens of pandemic

Mourning in the midst of a pandemic

ICE gets sued to release immigrant detainees amid COVID-19 pandemic

MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws

Despite security concerns, online voting is happening in 2020

The new Cosmic Crisp apple hits stores — after years of development

Going green — after death

Washington activist wins a Goldman Environmental Prize for defeating a dangerous oil-by-rail project

Advocates strive to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada

Some Are Striking, Some Are Leaving: One Teacher on the State of His Profession Today

Shutdowns are a Game of Chicken, But Does Anyone Actually Win?

Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers’ children

Researchers still struggle to get funding to study gun violence

This Canadian First Nations group wants you to buy salmon raised on land

Behind the scenes of a protest, young undocumented immigrants display tactical skills

Artificial intelligence could play a pivotal role in managing and protecting planet’s natural resources

They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded

In defiance of Trump, California and Washington join carbon pledge

Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape into Pacific Northwest waters

Seattle becomes first US city to try dockless bike sharing, the system that’s transforming China

The Red Delicious may have fallen out of favor in the US, but it’s huge in China

Planting trees in DC to help save Caribbean songbirds

Organizations try to fight ‘brain waste’ and get highly trained immigrants back to work

Asian American students push to reveal what the ‘model minority’ myth hides

How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda

The climate for making beer is changing, so brewers and hops growers are, too

The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union

Calling over boat noise is making endangered orcas hungrier

Obama in Puerto Rico: The politics behind the visit

How a little divot near Mount Rainier became Vancouver Notch

Uber’s immigrant drivers look forward to better pay—and a bigger voice

How strong friendships defy dementia

Hey, you want nonprofits to act more like businesses? Treat them like businesses.

One of America’s top community colleges spurs economic prosperity, educates local prison inmates — and serves wine at its lectures

Middle Class Meltdown, Frank Sinatra’s Legacy, Junk Climate Science

How will the Pacific Northwest change when its glaciers are gone?

The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.

This Seattle boy was just six when he was asked to protect an undocumented family

Beavers are being looked at as little climate change fighting machines

A new study says your kids might not be so boring after all

Ex-employees claim a major US freight railroad company has ignored key safety checks