Irene Khan of Amnesty International, photo courtesy of World Economic Forum.
City Council Race, Library Cutbacks and Human Rights
10/26/2009 at 12:00 p.m.
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City Council Position 6
Longtime Seattle City Council member Nick Licata faces a tough challenge from Jesse Israel. KUOW's Liz Jones reports.
Budget Cuts
The Seattle Public library faces sharp cuts in hours because of the city's budget crunch.
Cheaper Textbooks
Bellevue College is trying a new program that allows students to borrow textbooks instead of purchasing them.
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Housing Levy
A coalition wants Seattle voters to renew the affordable housing levy. What will it cost us? What will we get?
Eating Oysters Makes Us Human?
Rowan Jacobsen's new book "The Living Shore" focuses on the oyster, its role in coastal tidewaters, and the tantalizing idea that eating oysters and their like makes us human.
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Eliminating Poverty
Overall economic growth has surged around the world in the past few decades. Yet grinding poverty and hunger afflict many parts of the world. Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan argues that we could go a long way toward eliminating poverty if we paid more attention to human rights.
Guest(s)
Susan Hildreth is the city librarian for Seattle Public Library.
Rachel Solemsaas is vice president of administrative services for Bellevue College.
Bill Hobson is executive director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center, which serves homeless people with disabilities, mental disorders and addiction issues.
Rowan Jacobsen is the author of "A Geography of Oysters" and "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis." His latest book is "The Living Shore: Rediscovering A Lost World."
Irene Khan is secretary general of Amnesty International.
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- 'Library cuts go too deep,' The Seattle Times
- Seattle Public Library budget information
- 'Wash. college program to lend textbooks, materials,' The News Tribune
- Rowan Jacobsen
- Irene Khan
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