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Susan Dersé, Garfield High School principal.

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Pastimes at Garfield High

At Seattle's most famous school, racial tension, achievement anxiety, and resistance to discipline send another principal packing.

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Electoral Class of 2005

Nine people are running for three Seattle School Board seats. Perhaps this new slate can help save public…

The universe was intended for advanced conscious beings to exist, says the UW's Guillermo Gonzalez.

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The New Creationists

Seattle's Discovery Institute leads a national movement challenging Darwinism.

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Enlightened exploitation

An Indian's message to the WTO: Hands off free trade!

Therapist Dorsey Green hopes lesbians can hold off on the U-Hauls.

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Till Death Do They Part?

Researchers wonder whether same-sex couples are up to the commitment.

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Trying to lock up wedlock

"Covenant marriage" boosters fight divorce with phony stats.

Slade slayer? Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn readies for hand-to-hand political combat against our senior senator, Slade Gorton.

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Unpopular populist

Hell-raising Democrat Deborah Senn wants to kick Slade Gorton out of the Senate. Why isn't her own party…

Shaking hands and throwing punches: Presidential candidate Bill Bradley hopes Washington can revive his campaign.

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Democrats duke it out

Our early primary draws a feisty Bill Bradley to town.

Tim Harris, executive director of Real Change, says "donations are just down, really down."

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Nonprofits on Skid Road

Traditionally strong organizations like the Casey Foundation are laying off staff and find that their most-reliable donors are…

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Life below the line

In the debate over I-688, we tend not to look too closely at the people it's intended to…

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The Dunn Run

Jennifer Dunn rises from her party's ashes.

Slate founding editor and Seattle transplant Michael Kinsley.

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Survivors of the Fray

While most dot-com media experiments failed, Microsoft-backed Slate thrived—though not as first envisioned.

News Clips— Raving at the stadium

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News Clips— Raving at the stadium

A PRESS CONFERENCE on the dangers of “club drugs” put the spotlight on a downtown rave over the…

Preparing save-our-school signs and petitions at Thurgood Marshall Elementary.

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There Is No Closure

An evolving proposal to shutter nine Seattle public schools is a tortuous process that only begins to address…

Reformer Roger Goodman shows his stash.

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Drug War Peace Plan

A King County Bar group is getting national attention for its plan to reform drug policy by emphasizing…

Over Extended

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Over Extended

A provider of federal money says it might audit public KCTS.

The AG wants a shield law as tough as any.

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Strengthening the Shield

State Attorney General Rob McKenna stands up for journalism.

Here's the drill: Mike Lawson's popular boot camps and conditioning classes bring Army-style training to civilian life.

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For Naughty or Nice: Boot Camp

What could be better than humiliation, discipline, and a great workout?

Workers unite! Or else!

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Workers unite! Or else!

The changing face of the Seattle Times family.

Pastor Joseph Fuiten: The original GOP plan "was just a dumb policy."

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Evangelize the Vote

Meet the conservative Christian pastor who spearheaded the Bush voter registration campaign in Washington.