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Bird flu export ban Washington and Oregon.

Bird flu fears lead 30 countries to ban Northwest poultry

by Rebecca Randall

Bans of U.S. poultry are a big blow to farmers, but not a health risk for consumers.

Language, culture divide brings challenges to Yakima church

by Venice Buhain

St. Joseph Parish in Yakima is one church, split by two cultures. As in many other facets of life in Yakima, the Catholic congregation is split between Spanish-speakers and English-speakers — with very little crossover, reports Northwest Public Radio of Spokane, with little crossover between the two groups. Reporter Rowan Moore Gerety reports, “There are duplicate ministries […]

Nestora Salgado addresses the community police force she lead in Olinalá, Mexico, prior to her arrest last year. (Still from Youtube)

Mexican governor calls for release of militia leader from Renton

by Venice Buhain

Nestora Salgado, the Renton woman who returned to Mexico to head a community police force, should be a free woman, said Guerrero's interim governor, Rogelio Ortega.

Seattle journalists, politicians respond to deadly attack on French cartoonists

by Venice Buhain

The Seattle area reacted this week to the deadly attack in Paris on the offices of satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” on Wednesday, with vigils and statements expressing sadness over what many saw as an attack on freedom of expression. Two brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, accused in the deadly attack were killed Friday after three-day manhunt […]

Navigating America’s biracial identity crisis

by Kyle Jensen

We’re living in a post-racial America, right? Then why is identifying as more than one race still so hard?

Bilingual court Judge Veronica Alicea-Galvan

For bilingual judge, there’s no translating the language of justice

by Sarah Stuteville

Veronica Alicea Galván didn’t mean to start the only Spanish-language courtroom in Washington state. It just kind of…happened.

School bus cuts continue, despite southend shooting incident

by Julie Feng

An attempted kidnapping of students who’d been booted off their bus didn’t stop the Seattle School District from approving a new round of route cuts.

Chief Sealth b-baller’s dunk heard ’round the world

by Alex Stonehill

Who is Hafid Yassin? We're not sure, but his incredible elevated dunk in a basketball game against Garfield last night has gone viral.

Wing Luke Museum seeks stories, art for Immigration Act exhibit

by Venice Buhain

Your stories, artwork, music or poetry about immigrating to the United States could be part of an upcoming online exhibit commemorating the Immigration Act of 1965 at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. The Wing is seeking submissions for an upcoming exhibition on the Immigration Act of 1965, which abolished the United States’ […]

Unique food cart brings Jianbing to Seattle

Do you know what is a #Jian Bing? Are you interested in making one? Do you notice that @BingofFire is the only #foodcart in #Seattle that sell Chinese crepe?

(Photo by Brett Konen)

Report: Can coffee save Haiti?

by Venice Buhain

How the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere is recovering from disaster — with a little help from Seattle.

The cost of family separation

by Mary September

Three years ago, I left my life in rural Malawi — and 15 bouts of malaria — to return to the states with my son.

1990 RomCom "Green Card" depicted a French-American couple whose sham immigration marriage turned to true love.

Green card marriages blur lines between love and convenience

by Kseniya Sovenko

A green card marriage is one of the easiest ways to immigrate to the U.S. — but you'll have to convince the government your love is true.

A tour of Taiwanese food in Seattle

by Judy Chia Hui Hsu

It's not a coincidence that some of the most popular Chinese restaurants in the Seattle area are Taiwanese.

Growing up illiterate…in my family language

by Candace Kwan

Twitter Cantonese and/or Chinese? How Chinese students are choosing their native language options. #language #China #Chinese #Cantonese Facebook How are immigrant and second-generation Chinese students keeping their native language choices open?

Migrant farm workers in the tomato fields of Immokalee, Fla., where advocacy led to a Fair Food agreement with major food chains. (Still from FoodChainsFilm.com)

What can Sakuma workers on strike learn from ‘Food Chains’?

by Rebecca Randall

Connecting the field to the grocery store proved to be the best means to achieve labor gains for migrant farmworkers.

Mexican teen finds refuge in Seattle

by Erika Sommer

“No one could go out after 7 p.m. because it was dangerous and [the gang members] could just pick you up off the street,”

Judge with tribal background appointed to Superior Court

by Venice Buhain

A longtime tribal judge will become Washington's only Native American Superior Court judge when she starts this month on the bench in Whatcom County.

Carlos Salmeron (left) prepares an espresso drink at his new coffee house, Ventoux Roasters, in Bryant, Seattle. (Photo by Janelle Retka)

From family to coffee cup: cafe owner reaches for El Salvador roots

by Janelle Retka

Seattle has a reputation as a city coated with endless corners of coffee shops devoted to fair trade bean sources.

Taxi hate crime

Man pleads not guilty in alleged Seattle hate crime

by Venice Buhain

A man accused of beating a Somali American taxi driver while calling him a “terrorist” pleaded not guilty Monday to hate crime and assault charges. Jesse Alexander Fleming, a U.S. Navy sailor based in Everett, is charged with second degree assault and malicious harassment, a charge that alleges that the Dec. 7 attack was motivated […]