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Attorney Sarah Weddington On Reproductive Rights 40 Years After Roe V. Wade
Roe v. Wade became the law of the land 40 years ago, but the battle over abortion rights continues today. The past two years saw new restrictions on access to abortion in many states. A recent Pew poll...
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Is A Warrior Class Forming?
It’s been 40 years since President Richard Nixon put an end to the military draft in the United States. However, today’s all-volunteer system is causing a growing gap between the armed forces and the...
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How Do You Talk To Your Kids About Pot?
Marijuana is now legal in Washington state and many parents are wondering how to explain this to their children. Ross Reynolds speaks with one of the proponents of Initiative 502, Alison Holcomb, as...
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KUOW 60: Seattle Radio's Golden Years
It’s been more than 60 years since KUOW first went on the air in Seattle, but local radio history goes back a bit further than that. In the first installment of a three part series, Feliks Banel has...
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District To Suspend Teachers Who Won't Give MAP Test
The Seattle School District announced Wednesday that teachers will be suspended for ten days without pay if they fail to give students the Measures of Academic Progress test. Following the...
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Put The Pedals To The Metal: Last Call For Public Comment On The Future Of...
Scheduled for The Conversation on January 24 at noon
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Lesley Hazleton On The Story Of Muhammad
More than 1.5 billion people around the world practice Islam, the world’s second largest religion. But relatively few people know and understand Islam’s most important figure, the prophet Muhammad....
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What Soviet-Era Design Reveals About The Cold War
Michael Idov has a soft spot for Soviet-era design. The puppets, tape recorders and architecture may be awkward -- they may even have a certain ugliness -- but they reveal something about the Soviets:...
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Washington Law Drives Up Ferry Building Prices
State auditors say that Washington state ferries cost too much money to build. The Chetzemoka ferry for example, which transports passengers from Coupeville to Port Townsend, cost around $36 million...
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Want Your Own Low-Frequecy Radio Station?
There may soon be eight new FM radio station licenses available in Western Washington, and you can apply for one. The FCC announced that it is allowing nonprofits, educational institutions, tribal...
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The Early Years Of KUOW
KUOW recently began its seventh decade on the air in Seattle. In the second installment of a three-part series exploring the history of KUOW, Feliks Banel takes us back to the station’s early years...
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Military Lifts Ban On Women In Combat
Today Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will announce the military’s plan to allow women to serve in combat roles. It’s a move that could open up roughly a quarter million jobs for women in the...
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An Exit Interview With Former Wash. Attorney General Rob McKenna
Coming up on Weekday at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 25After eight years as Washington state attorney general and an unsuccessful bid for governor, Rob McKenna is leaving public life. As the state’s...
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Arboretum Says Goodbye Highway Ramps, Hello Bike Trail
The so-called “ramps to nowhere” near the Washington Park Arboretum are due to come down. It’s part of the project to replace state Route 520 across Lake Washington. Arboretum officials announced new...
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Intersectional Friendships: Debunking Stereotypes About Odd Couples
Scheduled for Speakers Forum on January 31 at 8:00 p.m.Anna Muraco calls the relationships between gay men and straight women, and straight men and gay women, "intersectional friendships." By...
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Corrections Officers Say Prisons Still Unsafe Two Years After Biendl Death
Runners in a 5K race will wind through the grounds of the Monroe Correctional Complex on Sunday to remember Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl. Tuesday will mark the two years since Biendl was found...
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WashPIRG Gives Seattle A C+ For Financial Transparency
WashPIRG, a division of the Public Interest Research Group, gave Seattle an overall score of 78/100, which put us at 12th place out of the 30 major cities that were surveyed. So what exactly are we...
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What's The Deal With Horse Slaughter?
Today in the US there’s not much of a market for horse meat. But believe it or not, there used to be over 20 US processing plants that sold American horse meat to Asian and European markets.Last Friday...
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Addressing Climate Change In The Northwest
Energy expert AmoryLovins says the United States can replace all oil and coal by the year 2050, without nuclear power, new federal taxes or subsidies, or new inventions. At the same time, we can grow...
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