Washington

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

• By Francie Diep
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Boeing workers in Washington State have been unionized for decades; their counterparts in South Carolina recently voted out the union in a landslide. Pacific Standard compares conditions in both workplaces, a year after South Carolina's historic vote.

• By Francie Diep

One case about replacing culverts in Washington state could end up influencing larger decisions about native rights in places like Bears Ears and Standing Rock.

• By Monte Mills

A new study suggests it also decreases other types of drug use, including binge drinking.

• By Tom Jacobs

Tuition from international students at community colleges often helps the institutional bottom line. But is the education really helping international students?

• By Charlotte West

Across the country, there are hundreds of instances where children are removed from the custody of a parent who has suffered from domestic abuse at the hands of a partner.

• By Natalie Pattillo

The energy terminal would have shuttled 131 million barrels of oil per year down the Columbia River.

• By Kate Wheeling

Washington's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the motel chain for violating the Consumer Protection Act.

• By Morgan Baskin

Orcas are losing their babies at an unprecedented rate. The solution may lie 400 miles away.

• By Hanna Brooks Olsen

The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released by authorities, is in police custody.

• By Kate Wheeling

There were no injuries reported, but workers near the tunnel were evacuated.

• By Francie Diep

I went to Washington, D.C., to mourn all the disabled people killed last year by their caregivers—and to join the fight to keep them from being forgotten.

• By David M. Perry

Some of the fires are creating enough heat to compete with major cities at night.

• By Francie Diep

Want to know what difference a few degrees can make as the climate warms? Look no further than the West’s critical and vanishing snowpack.

• By Brooke Jarvis

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

It’s the latest in a national trend to reduce restraints of school-age children.

• By Annie Waldman

The charm and wile of a celebrity pimp may be no match for the moneyed juggernaut of weed tech.

• By Susie Cagle

Testimonials from two decades of Washington, D.C.’s weirdest night.

• By Ted Scheinman

With a diversified employment base, the Emerald City will survive as Boeing starts looking for new talent outside of Washington State. But what does the search for cheap STEM talent say about the Innovation Economy?

• By Jim Russell

Not at all, really. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy it for what it is.

• By Seth Masket

For the first time ever, the American National Election Study has allowed respondents in its annual survey of trust in government to answer "never." Here's how that simple addition changed results.

• By Jay Livingston

As Washington and Colorado attempt to build marijuana-based industries that are still seen as illegal in the eyes of the feds, those involved in the business of pot are finding themselves targeted by crooks and government officials alike.

• By Kyle Chayka

Is there anybody still opposed to legalizing marijuana?

• By Vince Beiser

How are politicians supposed to take cues from their constituents when polls don't account for economic realities?

• By Alexandra Filindra and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz