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Shidhulai Swarnirvar Sangstha builds boats that pick children up at their homes and educate them inside. (Photo by Abir Abdullah/Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha) Many families in Bangladesh lose access to school due to flooding by annual monsoons. So Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan designed boats to bring schools to children stranded at home. “If the students can’t come to the school, then the school should come to them,” said Rezwan, who is the executive director of Shidhulai Swarnirvar Sangstha.

In September 2017, Jesus SanJuan started on the path to citizenship. “In the beginning, I was excited about it,” SanJuan said. “The first three months I asked my wife ‘Anything? Anything?’ and now it’s like, I don’t even ask anymore.” SanJuan is one of thousands of naturalization applicants who immigrations advocates say are caught in a “second wall.” Before this year, it had taken a four or five months for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to process the citizenship application.

The first Monday of September is Labor Day. While some Americans are glad it will be another three day weekend, others remember that the day is dedicated to honor the American labor movement and the contributions of workers. Seattle has had its share of notable moments in labor history. Here are just a few, in no particular order. In the 1930s, Boeing Company was a Seattle-based major player in the growing aviation field.