The World from PRX

Washington

Some Are Striking, Some Are Leaving: One Teacher on the State of His Profession Today
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Shutdowns are a Game of Chicken, But Does Anyone Actually Win?
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A wood thrush, photographed in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Environment
Planting trees in DC to help save Caribbean songbirds
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Jobs
Organizations try to fight ‘brain waste’ and get highly trained immigrants back to work
Ekk Sisavatdy, left, helps an incoming freshman at Highline College in Burien, Washington, as part of a program that assists Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
Education
Asian American students push to reveal what the ‘model minority’ myth hides
Middle Class Meltdown, Frank Sinatra’s Legacy, Junk Climate Science
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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office for the first time since the Israeli leader lost his battle against the Iran nuclear deal.
Conflict
‘Palestinians are knee deep in despair, and Israelis are knee deep in denial’
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Environment
Environmentalists and coal interests fight it out in a small Washington State election
Details emerge about circumstances leading up to Afghan civilian massacre
Business, Economics and Jobs
What Starbucks says about America
Budget Fights Shape Up in Washington
Sequester Causes Problems for Toxic Waste Cleanup
The State of the Union in Seattle, Detroit, and Phoenix
Sports
Seattle’s Days Without Pro Basketball May Be Coming to an End
Lifestyle & Belief
Small US Airports Attracting Bargain-Hunting Canadians
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn on the Emerald Empire
Business, Economics and Jobs
Starbucks Challenging Germany’s Kaffeehaus
Undamming the Elwha
World Trade Summit: Battle of Seattle
Trust Lands Deal
The Singing Garbagemen
Throwaway Commentary
Forest Roads Cut
National Fishing Act Renewed
Visions for a Sustainable Seattle
The “Making a Difference Contest” Grand Prize Winner
Dismantling Dams in Washington State
Documenting Emissions at Hanford…
The End of the Road
Peering into the Platform
Natural Drains
Lewis & Clark Trails
Forest Deal
Marine Sanctuaries
Earth Day Countdown
Seattle Lights up the Heavens
Revenge of the Car
Business, Economics and Jobs
Listeners respond: government aid
Global Politics
Washington state Senate race still too close to call
Business, Economics and Jobs
Takeouts: Washington, Starbucks, your responses
Conflict & Justice
Suspected Seattle cop killer shot dead
Conflict & Justice
G-20 Leaders Descend on Pittsburgh
Environment
The Heat Is On in Seattle
Sports
Over The Edge: A Kayaker Sets a Record
Global Politics
Seattle residents wince as state makes education cuts
Environment
Bus Chick says public transit is romantic
Arts, Culture & Media
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