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11 Dec

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Waiting for Assad’s fall, record numbers of Syrians flee to Jordan

by · December 11, 2012 · 0 Comments

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ZAATARI, Jordan–As the Syrian civil war and the fight to remove President Bashar Assad unfolds, more than half a million people have fled their homes during dangerously cold winter months. There are roughly 60,000 Syrians in the Zaatari, one of the largest refugee camps that sits just across the Jordanian border. According to a recent [...]

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10 Dec

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Is the Northwest a Coal Scrooge?

by · December 10, 2012 · 3 Comments

A train carrying coal hugs the Puget Sound on it's way to the Westshore coal terminal in BC. With a proposed new coal terminal in Bellingham, train shipments through Washington State are set to increase dramatically. (Photo by Paul K. Anderson)

When you go to sleep tonight, Seattle will be visited by three ghosts: the ghost of energy’s past, the ghost of energy’s present and the ghost of energy yet to come. The question is, will we wake up and shape our own destiny? Imagine a mountain of billowing, black coal taller than the Columbia tower [...]

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29 Nov

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DREAMers anxiously await Obama’s next move on immigration

by · November 29, 2012 · 2 Comments

Garcia (left) celebrates with fellow UW students Jessica Oscoy and Tania Santiago as Obama's reelection is announced at a UW watch party. (Photo by Joshua Bessex/The University of Washington Daily)

Yuriana Garcia, 20, is an ambitious, soft-spoken Honors student majoring in Human Centered Design & Engineering at UW. She has a passion for bioengineering, and an impressive record working on research projects in genomics and microbiology. She’s also an undocumented immigrant. Until recently, her dreams of a PhD and a career using technological innovation to aid development [...]

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07 Nov

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Northwest expats in Thailand cheer Obama victory with locals

by · November 7, 2012 · 0 Comments

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BANGKOK, Thailand–As the elections unfolded yesterday in the US, a small huddle of Americans glued their eyes to the CNN report, broadcasting the returns in a mostly empty bar here in Bangkok. The American-owned Roadhouse BBQ was one of only two bars in the city advertising an election watch. Yet in a city packed full [...]

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06 Nov

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A Globalist guide to Election Day

by · November 6, 2012 · 0 Comments

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They already did it this year in Egypt. And they did it in Burma, and in Mexico. Now it’s our turn. Yep, it’s finally election day (ewww, what did you think I was talking about?). If you didn’t vote yet…well, who am I kidding? Of course you did. If not you’re probably in a suburban [...]

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