Posts by: Lora Shinn

In October 2014, Columbus Day was not honored in Seattle. Instead, the Seattle City Council introduced Indigenous Peoples’ Day in remembrance of both the...

In 2008, Florence M. Day – she goes by “Flo” for short – retired from her managerial job in the telecommunications industry to fulfill a promise. She...

By the year 2060, America’s population will look different than it does today. It will be older, and more racially and ethnically diverse, according to the...

At an SEIU 775 executive board meeting about a year and a half ago, board members were discussing gay union members and consumers, and a member asked if...

When Home Care Aide Sun Benjamin was just 23, shopping with her friend on the crowded streets in Seoul, South Korea, a young American man drove up on a...

Spotlight on Korea

Korea has contributed an impressive immigrant population to the United States. But few Americans are aware of Korean history, which is affected by...

Are you stressed? Don’t worry, we won’t test you. But if you’ve been facing stress symptoms such as sweating, irritability, or emotional swings, it may...

Take this quick quiz to find out more about the effects of smoking on health and whether or not you’re ready to quit. QUITLINE Washington State Quitline...

Like many Home Care Aides, Anna Rudova traveled thousands of miles to come to the U.S. to start a new life. Leaving behind her home country of Russia and a...

Some people, it seems, were born into certain careers. Mozart couldn’t be anything other than a composer, with his gift for music. And with her...