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A salmon carcass on the banks of the Fraser River in British Columbia. Salmon spawn in Canadian rivers, but pass through American waters and are caught by Washington fishermen. (Photo by Todd Gordon Brown)

Warm waters strain shared BC-Washington salmon fishery

by Lael Henterly

Unseasonably warm water and a toxic mining spill in BC have meant a tough season for Puget Sound salmon fishermen.

East African community reps respond to Capitol Hill robbery accusations

by The Seattle Globalist

An open letter from representatives of the Somali and East African communities about crime and discrimination on Capitol Hill.

David La at the UW’s Baker Laboratory is part of a team working on potential Ebola treatments, but they’re also crowdsourcing ideas over the Internet relating to a cure. (Photo by Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)

Northwest labs and donors leading the fight against Ebola

by Sarah Stuteville

As Ebola spreads at alarming rates in West Africa, local labs are leading the race for an effective treatment.

Mayor Murray announced OIRA initiatives yesterday morning at City Hall, with new OIRA director Cuc Vu, Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim (far right) and members of the Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission looking on.

Mayor Murray proposes rollout of services for immigrant and refugee empowerment

by Christina Twu

Yesterday morning, Mayor Ed Murray announced $680,000 of new proposed investments to support Seattle’s immigrant and refugee communities, which now make up every one in five city residents.

(Photo courtesy AEG)

Die Antwoord: South Africa’s answer to world music?

by Brett Konen

South African rave-rappers Die Antwoord return to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on Monday.

A motorcade of scooters and motorcycles flying Catalonian flags passes through the streets of Barcelona. With a strong economy and a unique language and culture, many Catalonians want to see their region seceed from the rest of Spain. (Photo by Seth Halleran)

Top 3 separatist movements with lessons for Cascadia

by Seth Halleran

Scotland votes this week on independence, and Catalonia has its own secession vote coming up in November. Will Cascadian independence be next?

For immigrants and refugees, Project Feast makes food, work

by Anna Goren

An innovative program in Tukwila is honing the culinary skills of new immigrants and helping them shine in American kitchens.

A market stall in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia, which is so far still relatively Ebola-free and remains under quarantine. (Photo by Karin Huster)

A plea for help from the front lines of Ebola

by Karin Huster

A Seattleite working on Ebola relief in Liberia reports a dismal lack of resources and staff on the front lines.

Volunteers unpack donations at a food bank in California. (Photo from Flicrk by OC Foodbank)

Immigrants, especially vulnerable to hunger, have trouble accessing food aid

by Sarah Stuteville

Seattle's international population is especially vulnerable to hunger — but they're often unable or afraid to access food aid.

A family at a refugee camp in Thailand, where there are still 150,000 UN-recognized refugees unable to return home to Burma. (Photo by Mikhail Esteves)

Reacting to reforms in Burma, donors leave refugees high and dry

by Gennie Gebhart

Seattleites are donating 'one night out' this weekend to help Burmese refugees who've been forgotten by big international donors.

President Obama delivers a speech from the White House announcing an expanded military campaign against ISIS.

Cautiously, Iraqis and Syrians welcome expanded US fight against ISIS

by Alisa Reznick

What are people in the Middle East saying about Obama's ISIS speech?

The Scenario: Climate Refugees in Seattle

by Jessica Partnow

Refugees are flooding the Pacific Northwest from water-starved cities around the country. Rents are skyrocketing, the weather is heating up and water pirates are raiding Seattle reservoirs to sell our precious 'blue gold' to the highest bidder. How will our fair city get out of this mess?

Seattle photographer issues a new kind of passport

by Reagan Jackson

A new interactive art installation invites people to consider ways race, nationality, gender and other boxes are used to limit and divide people.

"Reassurance" from the series "Definitive Reincarnate," 2003/2006, belonging to the collection of Sanjay Parthasarathy and Malini Balakrishnan; © NANDINI VALLI MUTHIAH. (Photo and artwork by Nandini Valli Muthiah)

A new urban India contemplated at SAM’s ‘City Dwellers’

by Padmaja Ganeshan-Singh

SAM's new exhibition “City Dwellers” sets viewers afoot in the chaos of modern India as reconciles sweeping cultural shifts with its ancient roots and values.

From Amsterdam to Seattle, the pitfalls of being ‘progressive’

by Elyse Gordon

Amsterdam and Seattle have a lot in common as progressive cities. But we both have our own dangerous ways of judging those who don’t meet our standards of liberalism.

Six authentic Chinese dishes missing from our American menus

by Shirley Qiu

And where to find them in Seattle.

A Water 1st supporter sporting a shirt that says the name of the organization in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia. (Photo by Aida Solomon)

For international aid orgs, an added challenge of getting immigrants involved

by Aida Solomon

Seattle has a huge global aid sector, and a big immigrant population. So why aren't they working together more?

(Illustration by Kamna Shastri)

The privilege and pain of passing as white

by Kamna Shastri

What's it like to be perceived as a race different than the one you identify with?

Kindergarten Students at the French American School of Puget Sound, on Mercer Island, which has been offering bilingual education in French for almost 20 years. (Photo coutesy FASPS)

World-wise Northwest parents drive demand for bilingual preschools

by Michele Silbey

From French to Spanish, Mandarin to Vietnamese, bilingual preschools are popping up all over the Seattle area. And they're not just popular with families with foreign roots.

A guard at the Red Security Building in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, the headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service under Saddam Hussein’s regime where many Kurds were imprisoned and tortured. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

Why I’m resisting the urge to tune out news from Iraq

by Sarah Stuteville

After years as a secular, stable, pro-American bastion, Iraq's Kurdish region is under serious threat and deserves our help.