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Arts & Life

Casual Friday with Naomi Ishisaka and Geraldine DeRuiter

This week neighbors at 96th and Aurora set up some garden beds after the city swept an encampment. Amazon is inching closer to becoming a health giant. And a new lawsuit against Starbucks claims… that mango refresher...might not have mango.
Patricia Murphy

Brandi Fullwood
National

Poll: Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation

Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Will Stone
Health

A pregnant mom was 'writhing in pain,' but a Catholic hospital refused to intervene

Alison was three months pregnant and on a camping trip with her family in 2013 when she started bleeding. She rushed home to Bellingham, where the only hospital is Catholic-owned PeaceHealth.
Eilís O'Neill
Government

WA abortion researcher says executive order makes 'zero difference'

Even in states like Washington, providers liked Dr. Meghan Eagen-Torkko say a recent executive order to preserve abortion access is not enough to alleviate the fear some of her patients and colleagues feel now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned federal protections under Roe v. Wade.
Katie Campbell

Angela King
Health

Faced with COVID and monkeypox, new USAID leader draws strength from African proverb

Dr Atul Gawande, the surgeon and bestselling health writer talks, to NPR about the problems he has inherited as the new head of USAID's global health office.
Ailsa Chang
Health

Longer wait times, discouraged patients: What abortion rights advocates in Washington expect post-Roe

Providers in Washington are trying to meet the increased demand for abortions here with medication abortions, longer hours, and at least one additional clinic — but they can’t ramp up fast enough to meet an expected surge in demand.
Eilís O'Neill
Health

A Faith Leader on the Reversal of Roe

The US supreme court's decision to strike down Roe v Wade Friday was not exactly unexpected ... Even so, we’re probably all going to remember where we were when we learned the news. On this episode of Seattle Now, hear from a local pastor whose faith leads him to mourn the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Patricia Murphy

Diana Opong

Brandi Fullwood

Jeannie Yandel

Ann Kane
Law & Courts

Appalled, but not surprised: Seattleites react to SCOTUS ruling on Roe

People in Seattle and across Washington state are reacting to today's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that
Joshua McNichols
Health

'There's going to be a lack of honesty.' Two Washington doctors on the fallout of overturning Roe v Wade

The United States Supreme Court has struck down access to abortion under the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Washington state is among those states that has already reaffirmed a commitment to protect access to abortion and abortion-related services. But there is more to consider.
Katie Campbell

Angela King
Health

Retired nurse remembers how 'everything changed' after Roe v. Wade

Suzy Palmer began her nursing career in Chicago before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. It was there that she saw how "desperation" damaged lives — both of her pregnant patients and their children.
Katie Campbell

Paige Browning

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