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Arts & Life

These Seattle area brewers want to change beer's bro image

Beer brewing has a reputation of being for bros with beards. But long ago, beer making was women’s work. Now, a growing number of Seattle area women are reclaiming that heritage.

Health

With pennies on the dollar and surprise notices, this nonprofit clears Washingtonians' medical debt

This nonprofit raises funding to pay off people’s medical debt — oftentimes without their prior knowledge. Now the group is partnering with a Seattle business owner to help some of the 400,000 Washingtonians who collectively owe roughly $4.2 billion worth of medical debt.

Arts & Life

In 'Thunder Song,' a Coast Salish punk creates her own form of medicine

If you read her award winning memoir, you may know Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe as a "Coast Salish punk." Now, LaPointe is back with a new essay collection, titled "Thunder Song: Essays". In it, LaPointe takes a raw, unflinching look the complexities of indigenous identity, the punk scene, and the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

Arts & Life

Can you find a good bagel in Seattle? A New Yorker does a taste test

Arts & Life

How to make dumplings: Easy folding techniques from a Seattle chef

Chef Sara Upshaw says making dumplings, or "mandu" as they are called in Korea, is part of her family tradition.