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  Researchers tackle asthma hotspot: Seattle’s Duwamish Valley

  People in the 98108 ZIP code are nearly four times more likely to end up in the hospital with asthma than King County residents overall. Duwamish Valley has twice the poverty rate of Seattle and is mostly people of color.
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  Swim Seattle works to teach all children how to be safe in water

  The city of Seattle is launching a swimming program with the goal of addressing the racial disparity in youth drowning deaths. Registration for the pilot program, called Swim Seattle, opens May 16.
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  'Social equity' cannabis licenses aim to repair drug law harms to BIPOC communities

  One bill headed to Governor Inslee’s desk this session, SB 5080, aims to increase racial diversity in the state’s licensed cannabis businesses – and to support the communities most harmed by past drug laws.
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  Seattle synagogue hit with hateful graffiti. Here's why they left it visible

  The leaders of Temple De Hirsch Sinai found it this morning, and are leaving it visible for now.
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  'Not just mayhem and gore': How one Seattle filmmaker found their place in horror

  RadioActive's Ada Walther loves horror films. Ada sat down with local filmmaker Abie Ekenezar to talk about the genre. They talked about how Abie got into making horror films, and what they see as the future of horror, sci-fi, and speculative fiction.
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  Native, Black doulas say culturally specific birth care could help reduce high maternal death rates

  In Washington state and nationwide, Black and Native American mothers and their babies are more likely to die during or after pregnancy than white moms and their babies. And the rates are getting worse. Now, some birth workers in the Seattle area are trying to turn things around with help from some new government funding.
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  Seattle Audubon hatches new name: Birds Connect Seattle

  The Seattle Audubon is changing its name to Birds Connect Seattle. They want to step away from a name with a racist legacy.
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  Representation sold separately: New American Girl dolls overlook Seattle's diversity

  For Soundside producer Noel Gasca, two new American Girl dolls prompted her to think about who gets to represent Seattle — even in doll form — and reexamine her own relationship with her favorite childhood toy.
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  'Sacred ground': Why Camp Minidoka's survivors say 'no' to this windfarm

  Many Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War 2 at a federal camp in Minidoka, Idaho are opposing a wind farm project near the campsite. Over 13,000 people were imprisoned there, many were from the Seattle area.
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  Black-led nonprofits need volunteers. This local newspaper is helping

  As the pandemic eases, Seattle’s nonprofits are coming back to work in person. Some don’t have the volunteer staff to match demand, and the support they received at the height of the pandemic isn’t what it used to be.

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