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Episodes
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Coronavirus concerns rattle local Chinese community
The Year of the Rat is off to a rocky start.
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The Seattle Archdiocese has secret files on clergy sex abuse. A Catholic group wants the church to open them up
Kim Malcolm talks with Colleen Kinerk, founding member of Heal Our Church.
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At the the heart of Boeing's crisis, questions about company culture
This week, The Boeing Co. releases what is bound to be a tough earnings report. Now the jet remains grounded amid questions: How could a safety crisis of this magnitude develop at this plane-maker? Is there something about its culture that has to change?
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Fear the coronavirus? UW doctor cuts through the noise
The new coronavirus that appeared in China has arrived in the United States with five confirmed cases – one in Washington state. But how worried should you be?
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Seattle middle school students descend on principal’s office, demand teacher be removed
On Friday morning at Washington Middle School, the school was buzzing about a KUOW news report that math teacher James Johnson had a long history of documented sexual harassment and physical abuse of students — including punching a student in the face at nearby Meany Middle School in 2018.
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School investigating additional allegations against Seattle teacher following KUOW report
Following KUOW's investigations into teachers who kept their jobs after documented abusive behavior, students at one Seattle school attempted to report even more complaints.
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Never-before-seen photos of Richard Nixon post-Watergate, by his Secret Service agent
For former Secret Service agent Mike Endicott, recanting his time with Richard Nixon required little mental math.
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Downtown Seattle business owners and residents call for new safety plan in neighborhood shaken by shootings
In the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in downtown Seattle, business owners and residents rally at Westlake Park under the banner, "Enough is enough."
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How can 3rd and Pine become safer? Seattle's former police chief has some ideas
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle's former interim police chief Jim Pugel about the recent fatal shootings in downtown Seattle.
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Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks
This weekend people around the world celebrate the lunar new year; in China, it’s the start of the Year of the Rat. Here in the Pacific Northwest you can observe the holiday at a number of gatherings. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman offers these suggestions for new year festivities plus a few other weekend cultural offerings.
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Seattle’s hidden housing crisis: Middle-class workers forced out
Kara Peters is a third-generation Washingtonian who grew up in West Seattle. But unlike her parents and grandparents, Peters can’t afford a house in Seattle, despite the fact that she’s got a good-paying job.
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Teen spirit smells like vaping, and other things lawmakers heard in Olympia
The state’s temporary ban expires in a few weeks.