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Nordstrom wants to offer you bygone glamour alongside modern convenience

caption: The downtown Seattle Nordstrom store.
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The downtown Seattle Nordstrom store.

How the hometown retailer wants you to feel about your shopping experience. The conversion of a prominent young white supremacist. And why one Washington lawmaker says the NCAA’s rule on allowing college athletes to earn money doesn’t go far enough.

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Peter Nordstrom

Holiday shopping used to mean epic trips to the department store (followed by clever hiding places until the relevant holidays). But now it’s more likely to mean a trip online to Amazon. That’s affecting more traditional retailers, like Nordstrom. Peter Nordstrom is a scion of the family and current co-president of the company.

Eli Saslow, Rising Out of Hatred

Journalist Eli Saslow’s new book Rising Out of Hatred chronicles the trajectory of Derek Black, who went from white supremacist princeling to anti-racist activist.

Drew Stokesbary on NCAA regulations

Last year, a Washington state lawmaker tried to let college athletes get paid. Legislation failed in the legislature here but passed in California, and now the NCAA has grudgingly allowed student athletes to be paid for the use of their image. Republican Representative Drew Stokesbary of Auburn introduced the Washington legislation, and says the NCAA can and should go further.

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