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Unkindest cuts in Olympia: Kate's story
While Occupy protesters were in Olympia, the quiet testimony of a disabled woman named Kate put a human face on the drastic cuts the legislature and the governor are contemplating.
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Why liberalism is dead here: pandering and premature capitulation
What's the matter with Washington? An ex-legislator decries the way Democrats roll over without a fight, pass bogus budgets, and then claim Tim Eyman made them do it.
Culture
Go south, young musician
Mazatlan meets Mahler, and two formerly frantic freelance viola players from Seattle find steady work and communal musical bliss in Mexico, where orchestras thrive while their counterparts in the U.S. are struggling.
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Moscow's new Chinese approach to urbanization
Under new leadership, Moscow is taking a decidly modern approach to urbanization. But can the city overcome its struggle with political fraud?
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The 2012 election: how we got here, here we go
A look at a few of the books that can help understand the politics of this election year.