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Partial victory

Judge Finds Seattle’s Homeless Encampment Removal Policy Partially Unconstitutional

A King County judge has ruled parts of Seattle’s encampment removal policy unconstitutional.

I heard a police sympathizer today on NPR talk about how hard cops have it nowadays and how she thinks that cops getting back to just being beat cops will fix the problem. we said abolish not reform. The behavior of the Seattle Police Department has been ruled unconstitutional by a judge because the Seattle City Council were largely too cowardly to pass meaningful legislation to support defunding the police as they promised to do.

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A new homeless shelter in Seattle is exclusively serving Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Pacific Islanders. It's one of the first facilities of its kind in the country helping to house the more than 1,000 Native people in the city experiencing homelessness.

Eagle Village sits near Seattle's industrial district south of downtown. It's pressed up against railroad tracks and next to a large bus terminal. Gary Fisher has lived here about a month after bouncing around other shelters in the city for three years.

"A lot of times even sleeping outside in conditions like that might be a better, safer environment than some of the shelters that I've been in," Fisher said in Eagle Village's meeting room.

Fisher says other shelters he's been to have too many people coming and going. "You don't stay by the same person every night," he said," so it's always new people you don't know."

But Eagle Village, he says, is nothing like that. This site is made up of modular trailers divided into small apartments, each with its own private bathroom and kitchenette.

Fisher says the rooms here are comfortable for two people. They've got plenty of closet space, and Fisher has his own bathroom.

Seattle Shelter Focuses On Native Peoples Experiencing Homelessness

Photo: Casey Martin/KUOW Caption: Eagle Village resident Jolene Neiss says it's important to make each room feel like the resident's home with decorations, knickknacks and family photos.

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Pandemic Book Club: Reading recommendations from Nancy Pearl and KUOW listeners

Book Lust author Nancy Pearl talks with KUOW's Ross Reynolds and public radio listeners about great reads for lockdown

The great Nancy Pearl!

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These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini

Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and bears.

The Wild podcast Episode Seven - Bears

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The Wild

The Wild explores the resilient power of nature and our relationship to it.

🙀 I’m so excited for this new KUOW show hosted by Chris Morgan!