Washington’s class of 2021 graduates with a degree in resilience
While many schools are holding adapted in-person graduation ceremonies this week — as opposed to the car parades and virtual celebrations that marked the send-off events for last year’s class — big world events throughout this past year seemed to hit the class of 2021 harder. With the coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide protests for racial justice last summer, the entire senior year of the class of 2021 has been marked by uncertainty and change. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Lindsey Wasson)
Nine years later, ‘Dreamers’ ask Congress to make citizenship a reality for DACA recipients
During a Zoom call to celebrate the nine-year anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era policy that grants undocumented citizens a temporary stay in the United Sates, DACA recipients looked to cement their time in America with one ask from Congress: citizenship. Leydy Rangel, who moderated the call held by nonprofit United Farm Workers, touched on personal experiences of the nine-year limbo of DACA, whose recipients are called “Dreamers.” Continue reading at the Spokesman Review. (Refugio Ruiz)
Highly transmissible strain causing COVID spreads in Washington state, say UW virologists
Researchers at UW Medicine’s Virology Laboratory are tracking the statewide spread of the highly transmissible coronavirus delta variant in Washington, with 170 cases detected as of Monday. The lab identifies strains of the virus through genome sequencing of positive screening tests. According to a UW Medicine post, the process identifies the strains present locally and across Washington state. Continue reading at the Seattle Times. (NIAID/NIH)
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