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Some detainees at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, went on a hunger strike last year. There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone.

Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied

NPR News April 19, 2019

Damage at the toe of a landslide triggered by the Sept. 2018 Palu-Donggala earthquake. CREDIT: DANIEL HUTABARAT / GEER

How The Northwest Can Learn From Indonesia’s 2018 Earthquake

Tom Banse April 19, 2019

Former Washington Governors Chris Gregoire, Dan Evans and Gary Locke testify in favor of I-1000. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS/N3

Three Former Governors Testify In Olympia To Bring Back Affirmative Action In Washington

Austin Jenkins April 18, 2019

Jess Roskelley climbing on Alaska's Wake Mountain in 2012. Courtesy of Spokesman Review

Famed Washington Climber Jess Roskelley, 2 Others Missing And Presumed Dead After Avalanche

Scott Leadingham April 18, 2019

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The International Sweethearts of Rhythm in the 1940s. Courtesy of Rosalind Cron

Remembering The All-Female Big Bands That Made History During World War II

NPR News April 18, 2019

Ellen Reid's opera p r i s m has won this year's Pulitzer Prize for music. James Matthew Daniel

Readjusting Your Opera Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’

NWPB Music April 16, 2019

‘Songwriters Are Not Treated Fairly’: Nile Rodgers On Streaming’s Present And Future

NPR News April 12, 2019

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Normal People’ Appeals Across Genders And Generations

NPR News April 17, 2019

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‘Our Planet’ Nature Documentary Addresses The 800-Pound Gorilla: Human Impact

NPR News April 16, 2019

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Life Imitates Art: Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal

NPR News April 13, 2019

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Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied

NPR News April 19, 2019

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (right) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice Thursday before the document's release. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Mueller Report: Team Couldn’t Rule Out Obstruction … Or Firmly Establish It

NPR News April 18, 2019

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READ: The Mueller Report, With Redactions

NPR News April 18, 2019

Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski said Wednesday that if doctors or pharmacists behave like drug dealers, the Justice Department would prosecute them accordingly. Jose Luis Magana/AP

Dozens Of Doctors And Other Medical Workers Charged In Federal Opioid Sting

NPR News April 17, 2019

Tremaine Smalls attaches parts to an engine at Volvo's plant in Ridgeville, S.C. The automaker has shifted its exports to Europe as the result of the U.S. trade war with China. CREDIT: Camila Domonoske/NPR

Trade War Forces Volvo To Shift Gears In South Carolina

NPR News April 16, 2019

Robert Mueller’s Russia Report Is Coming Thursday. Here’s What You Need To Know

NPR News April 16, 2019

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Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied

How The Northwest Can Learn From Indonesia’s 2018 Earthquake

Three Former Governors Testify In Olympia To Bring Back Affirmative Action In Washington

Famed Washington Climber Jess Roskelley, 2 Others Missing And Presumed Dead After Avalanche

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Remembering The All-Female Big Bands That Made History During World War II

Readjusting Your Opera Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’

‘Songwriters Are Not Treated Fairly’: Nile Rodgers On Streaming’s Present And Future

The Arts

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Normal People’ Appeals Across Genders And Generations

‘Our Planet’ Nature Documentary Addresses The 800-Pound Gorilla: Human Impact

Life Imitates Art: Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal

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Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied

Mueller Report: Team Couldn’t Rule Out Obstruction … Or Firmly Establish It

READ: The Mueller Report, With Redactions

Dozens Of Doctors And Other Medical Workers Charged In Federal Opioid Sting

Trade War Forces Volvo To Shift Gears In South Carolina

Robert Mueller’s Russia Report Is Coming Thursday. Here’s What You Need To Know

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