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Community members have raised concerns about councilmembers’ ties to the restaurant and hospitality industry ahead of a vote that would rollback a minimum wage law for app delivery drivers.
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Washington’s immigrant population is jumping at the chance to apply for health insurance as coverage expands for those without a federally-recognized immigration status.
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University researchers found detention staff threw balls of pepper spray and used other means of force against detainees, including those with mental illness. They found such incidents occurred on average once a month.
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After several drivers have been killed in recent months in King County, advocates are calling for more to be done to keep Uber and Lyft workers safe.
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After court order, ICE is now deporting immigrants from both Boeing Field and Yakima Air Terminal. Approximately 400 people have been deported since May.
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Seattle writer Rosette Royale's podcast 'Square One' offers a glimpse of why Pioneer Square became a hub for LGBTQ+ life from the 1930s until the 1980s.
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A light projection that can be seen from Interstate 5 and various neighborhoods in Seattle displays the words Protect Trans Lives and Protect Trans Kids.
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Starbucks workers in cities including Chicago, Philadelphia and San Antonio plan to walk out or picket over coming days following worker accusations that the company is scaling back its LGBTQ support.
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The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project names a new executive director as Jorge Barón exits after 15 years.
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The Pike Market Senior Center is an important link to the almost invisible resource network Pike Place Market provides for the people living in and around the community.
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Seattle City Council members want to try to stop app-based companies from unjustly deactivating workers.
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Some students at the University of Washington are planning to deliver a letter to the administration later this month to ask that it not renew its contract with Starbucks.