Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Stories
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Bearing pain - and new life - 'Like a Mother'
When Seattle writer Angela Garbes first became a mom, she wrote a piece on breastfeeding that went viral. It remains the most-read article The Stranger...
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When it comes to Native issues, is Bob Ferguson any better than Trump?
You know the drainage pipes you sometimes see sticking out from underneath a road? They're called culverts. And they're creating a division between...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary is watching the term "thirst trap"
We all have those words. The ones you hesitate to say because you've only ever seen them written (which have a large overlap with the ones you realize you've been using wrong for your entire life). Where do you go to be enlightened? To the dictionary, of course.
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Can we unlearn implicit bias?
If you went in search of a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, you may have come up empty-handed. Across the nation, Starbucks stores closed for a 4 hour training session on racial bias.
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How far can kindness go? Pretty far, it turns out
Nathan Vass is an 11-year veteran of King County Metro Transit - no small feat at 32. Even more impressive is his ability to stay engaged and delighted...
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Amazon Rekognition makes leaving your house an invitation to surveillance
So you're walking down the street - probably not making eye contact with anyone, if you're from Seattle. But with Amazon's help, even if you're not...
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Today's Supreme Court decision: a 'license to break the law'?
The Notorious RBG was likely wearing her dissent collar this morning, as she issued a scathing rebuttal to the majority decision in today's case. At...
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Your immigration status could soon be in the high-tech eye of the beholder
Assumptions about which passport line you belong in, the president's so-called Muslim ban, "random" screening that seems to target certain populations - airports are increasingly a frontier of ethnic and religious bias. Could we bypass some of those problems by taking the human element out of screening?
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Should barriers be lowered to get the homeless housed?
One big question people have asked in the conversation about homelessness and affordability is: can we trust the city to spend this money effectively?
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Wham! Bam! Pow! Sikh Captain American takes on prejudice in a turban
After 9/11, Vishavjit Singh experienced an uptick in discrimination. "Al Qaeda," people hissed as he passed them on the street. "Terrorist." "Go back to...