West Coast

July 21, 2018

Some Americans think major flooding will not affect the country until decades from now. A recent report says major implications may be arriving much sooner.

Arts

The visual effects pioneer responsible for the original 'Star Wars' thinks movies today may rely too much on effects

The World

February 28, 2018

Jonathan Erland and the visual effects crew that worked on the original "Star Wars" had to build everything from scratch. And afterward, they threw a lot of it in a dumpster, including the models for the original Death Star.

Conflict

In the shadow of a racist past, Portland still struggles to be welcoming to all its residents

Otherhood

October 26, 2017

A murder on a Portland light rail train brought back a lot of memories of painful times in the city's history.

Justice

US law students, driven by their own family stories, are helping asylum-seekers

The World

April 20, 2017

At the University of California, Davis, law students take on immigrant cases, with guidance, and double as cultural navigators too.

Economics

In California, where homelessness has risen, cities are looking for long-term solutions

The Takeaway

January 20, 2017

On any given night in San Francisco, officials estimate there are at least 6,700 people living on the streets. The city is trying to turn it around — as are other California cities struggling with the problem of homelessness.

Books

What's it like to be a migrant farmworker? One anthropologist lived and worked alongside them.

The World

February 06, 2015

"I’ll never feel the same about berries,'' says Seth Holmes. In “Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies,” he describes the bone-crushing work that he and Mexican migrant workers did to put fruit and vegetables on your table.

Business

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker

The World

February 04, 2015

Updated

02/06/2015 - 10:45am

How does picking the tomato compare to the onion? And what about strawberries? One Mexican American migrant farmworker who lives in California's Central Valley took us to the produce aisle to tell us what he sees when he's at the supermarket.

Geo Quiz

Can you name the West Coast city where a Buddhist shrine turned a neighborhood around?

The World

November 26, 2014

In the American city we want you to name, a Buddha statue purchased at a hardware store managed to turn an eyesore of a street corner into a shrine and gathering place.

Environment

Here's the green success story of the California blue whale

The World

September 09, 2014

A new study of blue whales in the eastern Pacific has found that the population of the behemoths there has bounced back to near pre-whaling levels. But other populations of blues elsewhere are not doing nearly as well.

Environment

Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say

The World

January 20, 2014

Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.

West Coast

New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts

The visual effects pioneer responsible for the original 'Star Wars' thinks movies today may rely too much on effects

In the shadow of a racist past, Portland still struggles to be welcoming to all its residents

US law students, driven by their own family stories, are helping asylum-seekers

In California, where homelessness has risen, cities are looking for long-term solutions

What's it like to be a migrant farmworker? One anthropologist lived and worked alongside them.

How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker

Updated

Can you name the West Coast city where a Buddhist shrine turned a neighborhood around?

Here's the green success story of the California blue whale

Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say

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Colin Meloy: From Indie Rock to 'Wildwood'

Colin Meloy: From Indie Rock to 'Wildwood'

Colin Meloy: From Indie Rock to 'Wildwood'

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