Photos: Shoreline Fire First Responders Work Through Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

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SHORELINE, WA – JULY 26: Ryan Horner, a firefighter EMT with the Shoreline Fire Department, treats a homeless man showing symptoms of heat exhaustion on July 26, 2022 in Shoreline, Washington. The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a heat wave with potentially record-breaking temperatures, which is expected to last for the rest of the week. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Photos: Children Under 5 Receive Covid-19 Vaccines At UW Medicine

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SEATTLE, WA – JUNE 21: Deni Valenzuela, 2 (C), sits on the lap of her mother, Xihuitl Mendoza (R), as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination from nurse Deborah Sampson (L) at UW Medical Center – Roosevelt on June 21, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. Today marks the first day that children younger than five can receive the vaccine in the U.S. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Photos for Crosscut: Seattle walkout, rally and march in support of abortion rights

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Emily Pinzur wears an earring that says “Choice,” that pairs with one on her other ear that says “Pro” during a walkout, rally, and march in support of abortion rights that began at Seattle Central College in Seattle, Washington on May 26, 2022. Demonstrators marched through downtown, staging a brief “die in” while lying on the pavement at multiple locations along the way. Photo by David Ryder
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Photos: University Of Washington Develops New GPB510 Covid Vaccine

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SEATTLE, WA – MAY 10: Erin Yang holds tubes of proteins while working on vaccine and protein research in the King Lab at the University of Washington on May 10, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. A new COVID-19 vaccine, GPB510, has been developed at the University of Washington School of Medicine by the King Lab and the Veesler Lab. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Photos: Rally for abortion rights in Seattle, photographed for Getty Images

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SEATTLE, WA – MAY 03: A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally in support of abortion rights on May 3, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. A leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito has suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, a historic ruling that gives women in America the ability to legally have abortions. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Photos: Starbucks Union Rally in Seattle with Kshama Sawant

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Demonstrators during the ‘Fight Starbucks Union Busting’ rally in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Starbucks Corp. filed two complaints with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board alleging unfair practices by labor organizers toward workers and what it calls “an increase in nefarious behavior.” Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg
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New drone work: Redlining’s enduring impact shows up in WA pollution disparity

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Recent drone photo assignment work for Crosscut: Redlining’s enduring impact shows up in WA pollution disparity. New research out of UW suggests historic, racist lending practices still affect inequitable exposure to hazardous pollution today.

Looking south past South Jackson Street, these sections of the International District and Beacon Hill to the east of the Interstate were once redlined, or graded as “hazardous” and undesirable by the federal government, and were often home to large populations of color. The close proximity to major freeways exposes residents to high rates of air pollution and other environmental hazards. (David Ryder for Crosscut)
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