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    Articles by Sara Bernard
    Environmental groups rally against proposed cuts to EPA Puget Sound funding on March 22, 2017. Photo by Sara Bernard
    ‘Pruitt Blew It’: At the EPA, Resistance Is...
    By Sara Bernard • June 19, 2017 6:30 am

    Current and former staffers say morale is low at the watchdog agency. But that doesn’t mean they’re giving up.

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    Winners of the 2017 Black Education Matters Student Activist Awards. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Jesse Hagopian Honors Black Student Activists For Their...
    By Sara Bernard • June 16, 2017 10:45 am

    The Garfield teacher used a $100,000 settlement over police use of force to establish a scholarship fund.

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    Illustration by Joshua Boulet
    With Trump in Power, Scientists Turned to Activism....
    By Sara Bernard • June 14, 2017 1:30 am

    For years science has been attacked from the right. Now it’s getting hit from the left.

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    Climate activists line the walls at a City Council meeting on June 12. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Seattle Commits to Paris Accord, Calls for End...
    By Sara Bernard • June 12, 2017 6:00 pm

    A City Council resolution calls for Puget Sound Energy to stop using coal by 2025.

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    Jenny Wu, a hotel worker and Unite Here Local 8 member in Seattle. Photo by Hannah Long-Higgins
    Judge Upholds Seattle’s Hotel Worker Law
    By Sara Bernard • June 9, 2017 5:10 pm

    In December, three hotel associations sued over I-124. A ruling released Friday keeps it intact.

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    Ken Ward and supporters at the Skagit County courthouse on June 5, 2017. Photo courtesy Climate Direct Action
    Split Decision: Valve-Turner and Climate Activist Ken Ward...
    By Sara Bernard • June 7, 2017 4:00 pm

    Ward faces prison time for shutting down a pipeline. He says it’s time to end “incremental thinking.”

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    Why You Shouldn’t Settle For a Partial Eclipse This Summer
    Why You Shouldn’t Settle For a Partial Eclipse...
    By Sara Bernard • June 7, 2017 1:30 am

    Seattle will see a 92 percent eclipse of the sun in August. That’s not enough, totality buffs say.

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    Six mayoral candidates talk worker issues at the Labor Temple Thursday evening. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Mayoral Debate at the Labor Temple Shows Many...
    By Sara Bernard • June 2, 2017 10:30 am

    One thing’s for sure: Seattle has a lot of pro-labor candidates. But some slight differences emerged.

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    Palouse Wind Farm, eastern Washington. Photo by Chris Weber, Flickr Creative Commons
    As Trump Drops Paris Climate Agreement, Washington Activists...
    By Sara Bernard • June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

    350 Seattle immediately urges Governor Inslee to lead a “Power Past Paris” bloc of climate-friendly states.

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    Princeton Professor Cancels Seattle Talk Following Deluge of Racist Threats
    Princeton Professor Cancels Seattle Talk Following Deluge of...
    By Sara Bernard • May 31, 2017 12:30 pm

    Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor says threats came after she criticized Donald Trump during a recent commencement address.

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    State Rep. Jessyn Farrell to Resign From House Seat to Focus on Seattle Mayoral Race
    State Rep. Jessyn Farrell to Resign From House...
    By Sara Bernard • May 30, 2017 6:30 pm

    The move will leave the House Democrats’ slim majority a bit slimmer.

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    Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Trump Administration Backs Down on Sanctuary City Bluster....
    By Sara Bernard • May 23, 2017 5:00 pm

    The County reaffirms its commitment to immigrants and refugees and is unlikely to lose funding.

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    Nikkita Oliver was one of six candidates to declare before allegations against Ed Murray came to light. Photo by Alex Garland.
    Making Sense of 21 Candidates: Seattle’s Mayoral Race...
    By Sara Bernard • May 23, 2017 6:40 am

    $100,000 raised in a single week and other fun facts about Seattle’s mayoral candidates.

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    AG Bob Ferguson with Gavin Grimm. Photo courtesy Washington State Attorney General’s Office
    AG Ferguson Files New Amicus Brief Supporting Transgender...
    By Sara Bernard • May 16, 2017 1:30 pm

    Ferguson and other Democratic attorneys general continue to fight a Trump agenda.

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    Mayor Ed Murray, Woodland Park Zoo CEO Alejandro Grajal, and ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield mug for the camera in front of the new EV charging station. Photo courtesy ReachNow
    20 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Planned for...
    By Sara Bernard • May 15, 2017 3:00 pm

    The program, launched by ReachNow, is designed to make car-sharing greener and electric cars more accessible.

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    Activists gather in Olympia. Photo courtesy Power Past Coal Coalition
    ‘Today is a Milestone Day’: Groups Deliver One...
    By Sara Bernard • May 11, 2017 5:30 pm

    “We will fight this to the end.”

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    The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Photo by the Globalist via Flickr
    Tacoma Takes a Harder Line Against Immigrant Detention....
    By Sara Bernard • May 11, 2017 4:40 pm

    The Tacoma City Council makes moves post-Trump.

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    Police stand outside 4th Ave Chase Bank branch during May 8 anti-pipeline action. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Activists Shut Down More Than a Dozen Chase...
    By Sara Bernard • May 8, 2017 6:00 pm

    And more than two dozen were arrested during an anti-pipeline action Monday.

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    What I Learned Living One Year Without a Car In Seattle
    What I Learned Living One Year Without a...
    By Sara Bernard • May 3, 2017 1:30 am

    It’s the only way to escape gridlock. But is it worth it?

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    Thousands March for Immigrant Rights, Workers’ Rights, and Socialism on May Day 2017
    Thousands March for Immigrant Rights, Workers’ Rights, and...
    By Sara Bernard • May 1, 2017 6:00 pm

    “An Injury to Juan Is an Injury to Al.”

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