Crosscut Tout: Taliban kidnap victim talks at Town Hall
Journalist Jere Van Dyk, held prisoner by the Taliban, has written a book that provides clarity about Afghanistan.
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UW committee advises end to Nike relationship
The UW could be just the second in the country to sever ties with Nike over worker rights and transparency issues. That's presuming Mark Emmert approves, at a time when he is about to leave for the NCAA and his university faces big budget issues.
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McKenna is in the land of strange bedfellows
With friends like Sen. Val Stevens in the battle against the federal government, the attorney general may want to reconsider.
Our man in Snowmaggedon
Evidence for the thesis that extraordinary communities arise amid disaster.
Ken Behring, bearing gifts
And thus we have the Ken Behring Center at the Smithsonian. It's the philanthropic equivalent of a carbon offset.