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As WA restaurants struggle, workers weigh physical and economic survival
Beyond coronavirus exposure and making rent, service workers are likely coping with long-lasting mental health effects.
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Already stigmatized, sex workers have fewer choices in a pandemic
For years, sex workers have struggled to find safe work under tighter federal regulations. Coronavirus made that worse.
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From WSU to Western, college town businesses are feeling the squeeze
Online classes and no college sports spell trouble for small towns that lean on a higher ed economy.
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Putting the massive West Coast wildfires into context
Read and see the history, shared perspectives and experiences of people facing these natural disasters on the front lines.
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Raging Northwest wildfires recall the 1910 ‘Big Burn’
The historic blaze killed 86 people and burned 3 million acres.