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Grassroots action adds a missing voice to the immigration reform debate

by Jacob Galfano · April 30, 2013 · 0 Comments

Last May Day hundreds marched to Westlake Park in support of immigrant worker's rights. The march was mostly overshadowed in the media by unrelated vandalism downtown. (Photo by Ian Terry)

In honor of May Day, here’s a point by point critique of the proposed immigration reform bill by a representative of the May First Action Coalition, a group of grassroots organizations sponsoring the May Day march. 

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Filed under: Guest Opinion, Immigration, Labor

Tags: activism, immigration reform, May Day

30 Apr

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Global cuteness on display at the International Children’s Friendship Festival

by Valeria Koulikova · April 30, 2013 · 3 Comments

Students from the Academy of Peruvian Dancers perform at the International Children's Friendship Festival. (Photo by Valeria Koulikova)

Last weekend international communities in Seattle came together to celebrate kids’ education, multiculturalism, and leadership at the 4th annual Seattle International Children’s Friendship festival.

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29 Apr

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New Russian and French snack spots come to Capitol Hill

by Alex Stonehill · April 29, 2013 · 0 Comments

A Bakery Nouveau twice-baked chocolate croissant that I just happened to have lying around the house. True story. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)Carb lovers rejoice: It just got a whole lot easier to get your hands on good croissants and dumplings on Capitol Hill.

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Tags: bakery, dumpling, France, Russia, Ukraine

29 Apr

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True tales of teaching English abroad part one: Why it’s worth it

by Reagan Jackson · April 29, 2013 · 0 Comments

The author's Japanese students. (Photo by Reagan Jackson)

Some people think of teaching English abroad as some kind of paid vacation, or sight-seeing with a paycheck. It’s definitely not that easy. But in the end, it’s worth the challenge.

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Tags: English, Japan, teaching abroad, TEFL

26 Apr

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Bangladesh garment workers demand US retailers “End Death Traps”

by Sarah Stuteville · April 26, 2013 · 0 Comments

Sumi Abedin, left, and Kalpona Akter, center, lead local demonstrators in protests at The Gap Tuesday.  Akter is the executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, and Abedin is a survivor from the fatal factory fire in Dhaka in 2012 that killed more than 100 workers. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle TImes)Fires at garment factories in Bangladesh have killed more than 600 workers since 2006. This week a survivor visited Seattle to confront consumers with the human cost of cheap apparel. 

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Filed under: Business, Labor, Politics, Trade

Tags: Bangladesh, labor, labor rights, Renton, Wal Mart

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