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The revolution is written in the latest book from Ijeoma Oluo, bestselling author of 'So You Want to Talk About Race'

This month, the KUOW Book Club read Ijeoma Oluo's "Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World — and How You Can, Too." Oluo joined KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live conversation at the Seattle Central Library, the first in a three-part summer series in partnership with Seattle Public Library. The full audio and video from the event are available below.
- Katie Campbell
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Paycheck to paycheck on $200k? What it really costs to live comfortably in Seattle

More than 300 people who participated in a KUOW survey asking what annual salary it would take for their households to live comfortably in the Seattle region. A whopping 71% said they would need at least six figures.
- Monica Nickelsburg
The merits of meandering: Art adventures in the Chinatown-International District

Poet and podcaster Shin Yu Pai is a fan of meandering. She shared some of the arts and culture gems she stops at when wandering through Seattle’s Chinatown-International District with KUOW's Meet Me Here podcast.
- Jeannie Yandel
Why Pacific Northwesterners are driving tiny, right-hand drive firetrucks from Japan

They're tiny, they're bright red, and you've probably seen them scooting around Seattle: Mini Japanese firetrucks known as kei trucks. People here say they not only love the cars — but the culture surrounding them, too.
- Casey Martin
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Seattle businesses on edge about Trump's trade tariffs

Local businesses are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the Trump administration’s latest trade tariffs.
- Ruby de Luna
Seattle woman has lived her whole life without a smartphone. She recommends it

Patti Gorman is becoming a rarity. According to the Pew Research Center’s latest “Mobile Fact Sheet,” 98% of Americans now own a cellphone of some kind.
- Stephen Howie
Anna King’s top 5 picks for Northwest fireworks and fun

Here are a few of Northwest News Network reporter Anna King's favorite happening spots for Fourth of July fun.
- Anna King
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Is there life on... Saturn? A small moon orbiting the sixth planet has scientists' attention

One of Saturn's 146 moons is at the center of newly energized interest in the search for life in space.
- Jason Burrows
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Reporter's Notebook: How the Olympus Rally left me in the dust, and in awe

Our reporter volunteered at the Olympus Rally near Shelton on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, a two-day rally car race with regional and national stakes.
- Katie Campbell
Can't make it to the total eclipse? 5 fun ways to bring wonder and awe into your life

Yes, viewing a total solar eclipse can be beautiful and life-altering. But so can many other things in life.
- Life Kit

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