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Recession Sparks Entrepreneurialism in Ballard
Despite the recession, a recent survey of small businesses in Ballard revealed that more than 20 entrepreneurs have opened their doors within the past two years. After overcoming the initial hurdle of securing both capital and affordable leases, new business owners now face the larger challenge of surviving in a tough economy. Reporters Aislyn Greene and Krista Staudinger enter the business world to discover how these entrepreneurs hope to win the hearts – and wallets – of Ballard locals.
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Categories: Pacific Northwest, USA, Student Reporting, Poverty and Development
Pakistan: Education at a Crossroads
Pakistan gets plenty of press for bomb attacks and international terrorist threats. After two months traveling the country last year, CLP journalists found that the ongoing crisis here has its roots in a corrupt and collapsing education system that is feeding poverty, discontent and violence.
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In Soccer, A Glimmer of HopeHaiti's national U-17 women's soccer team makes emotional appearance at regional championship.
For the girls of Haiti's Under-17 national squad, it's more than just a game. Every member of the 20-girl team was left homeless after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake ravaged their country on Jan. 12. In March, the team competed in the U-17 women's CONCACAF championship in Costa Rica, giving their fellow Haitians back home a small sign of hope and recovery in the wake of death and destruction.
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Categories: Haiti, Costa Rica, Watch, Poverty and Development
Between Worlds/Behind BarsImmigration, Detention and Deportation in the Northwest
From the dark days of the Chinese Exclusion Act to post–911 crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, immigration detention has a controversial history in both our nation and in the Puget Sound region. Between World/Behind Bars is a four-part radio series exploring immigration detention from its roots in the 1930s at “Seattle's Ellis Island" in the International District to today's privately-run Northwest Detention Center on the Tacoma Tideflats. Listen to the series on kuow.org.
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Categories: USA, Watch, Listen, Labor and Immigration
Stories from the Pakistan:
Hearts and Minds Project »
As new leaders in Washington and Islamabad struggle against a surge of Islamic militancy and growing political instability in Pakistan, their greatest challenge will be winning the hearts and minds of 170 million citizens in one of the world's poorest and most densely populated Muslim countries.
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CLP Updates
Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care?Guest Blog from author Ethan Casey
SEATTLE – Yesterday a non-Pakistani friend here emailed me: "I wanted to ask you which you think would be the best organization to make a donation to for the current crisis in Pakistan. We usually give to MSF, but their website doesn’t seem to offer the opportunity to give specifically for Pakistan. Can you offer advice?"
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Categories: Pacific Northwest, Pakistan, Blogs, Human Rights, Poverty and Development
Now Reporting: Mexico's Quiet RevolutionThe Zapatistas in 2010
The unique nature of the 1994 Zapatista uprising captured international attention for a number of years. Then, as guns were traded for diplomacy, the movement slowly faded from the media. Yet many of the initial causes of the revolt remain just as important today.
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Categories: CLP Updates
How Does Your News Taste?
Fast News: It's cheap and easy, and mega-corporations are jamming it down our throats everywhere we turn, leaving us feeling bloated and uninformed. Enter the Slow Journalism movement, led by the Common Language Project, with the patience and expertise to deliver thoughtful news reports that nourish our minds and spirits.
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Categories: USA, CLP Updates, The Media
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Here at the CLP we want to produce high quality multimedia journalism that continues to be valuable for you. Continued funding is important, and we recently joined the new micropayment site Kachingle as a way to offer you an affordable way to support us based on how much you visit.
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