Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Stories
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Does Seattle need to build upward?
Bill Radke looks at the debate over changing Seattle's zoning laws to allow for more apartments, condos and town homes, and fewer single-family houses....
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Tech companies are committing 'crimes against logic,' says former Greek finance minister
'If you can't explain the economy in a language young people can understand, you are clueless yourself.' So says former Greek finance minister Yanis...
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When wearing fragrance at work, use common scents
Several weeks ago at KUOW, one of our colleagues placed anonymous notes in our work mailboxes. We used to have a scent-free policy, this person wrote....
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Arts & Life
Performing blackness in white spaces — including on public radio
Poet Imani Sims sits down with Carvell Wallace, New York Times magazine contributor and host of the podcast "Closer Than They Appear," for an honest conversation about performing blackness in white spaces.
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Signing up for 23andMe? You might be exposing your family to the FBI
The Golden State Killer’s arrest last week brought closure to victims and community members affected by a ten year spree of rapes and murder. The trail went cold in 1986, and it stayed that way until the FBI made a fake profile for the killer on a genealogy website. They used this to trace 500 partial matches, screen for 100 potential matches, and eventually narrow down to former police officer Joseph DeAngelo.
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Let's talk about grief: beginners welcome
How are you? If you’ve lost a loved one, that may have conjured up memories of a heavy hand on your shoulder, a precisely angled head tilt, a Hallmark...
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Stupidity is universal - that's why we're all brothers and sisters, says Africa's premier diva
Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo’s career as a musician began at six years old, singing into the dark. But with her new cover of the Talking Heads’...
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The Russians are going
Yesterday afternoon in Madison Park, you may have seen an unusual breaking and entering. U.S. State Department officials drilled through the locks on...
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The #MeToo movement comes to your commute
Ridership is up on King Country Metro. Night bus services are up. And so are reports of sexual misconduct.
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When life gives you transit debt, make lemonade
Let's say you owe me $20. You decide that to pay me back, you'll set up a lemonade stand. There's about $50 in overhead: lemons, sugar. And don't forget...