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Right wing launches misguided protest against Labor Day In this must-read column, The Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat takes direct aim at former Building Industry Association
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I feel like a pawn in a moneymaking game for hospital administrators. There are so many other ways I could have made my living and
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Corporate tax evasion hurting America’s common wealth The New York Times reports that corporations are finding more and more success “exploiting existing loopholes and devising
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Gun sales are significantly down after record year Businessweek reports that sales of long guns, modern sporting rifles, and handguns all fell during the last
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As a country, we can either invest in tax loopholes for billionaires or lower-cost student loans for young people who are trying to build a
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A new report created by insurance giant Allstate has found that drivers in the Seattle and Portland metropolitan areas are among the least safest in
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Burger King, Tim Hortons ink merger deal for $12.5 billion American hamburger chain Burger King and Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons have agreed to a
LaunchSouth Napa earthquake leaves many buildings severely damaged
The 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Napa Valley area on August 24th has left many buildings, including this one at the corner of Main & Clinton, in bad shape. (Photo: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services)
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“The day after! Downtown Napa after the quake. News crews use one of the most damaged buildings as a backdrop to their reports.” (Photo: Mark Gunn)
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Magnitude 6.0 quake rocks Northern California The most powerful earthquake to strike Northern California since the 1989 Loma Prieta tumbler has caused extensive damage in
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ISIL speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents. No just God would stand for what
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Please donate now so we can do in Washington State what Scott Walker and my friend did in Wisconsin. — Freedom Foundation CEO Tom McCabe,
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Microsoft aims to be greener, drops ALEC membership CNET’s Dana Kerr reports that “the tech giant [has pulled out] of the conservative lobbying group that
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Reseacher: Tax climate isn’t what’s driving interest in inversions A paper by Edward D. Kleinbard of the USC Gould School of Law looks at the
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The low-level drug crimes have incarcerated an entire generation of young people and mostly people of color. We cannot arrest our way out of society’s
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I’m just very, very disappointed and troubled that lessons that we learned in Seattle have not been embraced by American law enforcement in general, by
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Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery gives account of his arrest The Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery tells the story of his and Ryan Reilly’s illegal arrests
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Dana “Pox on Both Their Houses” Milbank has once again filed an inane column for The Washington Post. This one criticizes President Barack Obama for
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