Reporter’s Notebook: Final stretch of the city council race, Mercer Mega Block sale

Study reports a sharp rise in state’s students experiencing homelessness

by Ashley Archibald | October 9th, 2019

A new report showed 42,599 students experienced homelessness in Washington in 2018. These school-age children continued to lag behind their housed peers in academics and graduation rates, and districts receive a fraction of the money that they need to...

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Vying for Votes: Interview with City Council District 3 candidate Egan Orion

by Ashley Archibald and Lisa Edge | October 9th, 2019

It’s safe to say that Councilmember Kshama Sawant and small-business owner Egan Orion come from very different places, politically and stylistically. Sawant is a proud socialist who has frustrated some but worked to spur changes like a $15 minimum wage,...

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Vying for Votes: Interview with City Council District 3 candidate Kshama Sawant

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Mexican women use sunlight instead of firewood or gas to cook meals

by Emilio Godoy | August 28th, 2019

Reyna Díaz cooks beans, chicken, pork and desserts in her solar cooker, which she sets up in the open courtyard of her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of her town in south western Mexico. “My family likes the way it cooks things. I use it...
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Reclaiming Blackness: Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits showcased at Seattle Art Museum

by Lisa Edge | August 28th, 2019

Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits are striking images of the South African. In many of the stark, black-and-white photographs, Muholi holds the onlooker’s gaze. The images show Muholi in mostly indoor settings donning various materials, from currency to a...
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The Middle Ground by Sam Day 8/28/19

by Sam Day | August 28th, 2019

Cartoonist Sam Day's take on current events.
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If I’d realized I was exaggerating I’d have exaggerated better

by Dr. Wes Browning | August 28th, 2019

First, a tiny little mea culpa. Last week I said that if all of Greenland’s ice melted, the oceans would rise 230 feet. I regret having to confess that it was an unintended exaggeration. I would prefer to be able to say it was intended, like most of my...
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First Thursday artwalk guide for September 5, 2019

by Lisa Edge | August 28th, 2019

On the first Thursday of every month, hundreds of people head to Pioneer Square to view the latest art shows. Seattle’s oldest neighborhood is home to dozens of galleries. First Thursday showcases new exhibitions and artists from 6 to 8 p.m. Parking is free...
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Martyrdom won’t put a roof over our heads

by Oscar Rosales Castaneda | August 28th, 2019

Real Change columnist

It’s late August, and I’m beginning to think about the inevitable return to graduate school and about my future working in social services. A clunky transition from finals to working full time as an on-call employee left me frazzled and in need of a...
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Breaking the Cycle: Experiment helps poor families move to high opportunity neighborhoods

by Ashley Archibald | August 21st, 2019

Parents want the best for their children — the best schools to get a good education, food to keep them healthy and activities to expand their minds and enrich their lives. But access to these things isn’t universal, and that lack of access helps lock poor...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Black women’s equal pay day, Seattle’s green new deal, political spending limits

by Ashley Archibald | August 21st, 2019

Behind the times Aug. 22 may not immediately strike most of us as a day of particular note. It is a Thursday, there’s no federal holiday and even the random observances such as National Pecan Torte Day are especially minor. However, this day — more than...
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Changes to US immigration policy may affect hundreds of thousands

by Ashley Archibald | August 21st, 2019

States are fighting the new rule that attempts to deny entry to those who possibly need government assistance

The Trump administration announced sweeping changes to immigration policy that could force hundreds of thousands of people to forgo necessities like food assistance and health care in order to protect their immigration status. Washington state and the city...
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Just think of all that lip-smacking greenery to exploit in Greenland

by Dr. Wes Browning | August 21st, 2019

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I was despairing I’d find anything upbeat to write about this week, when President Trump let a tweet loose to the effect that he’d like us to be able to buy Greenland from Denmark. I immediately became giddy! My first thought was, “Wuh?” My second thought...
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The Middle Ground by Sam Day 8/21/19

by Sam Day | August 21st, 2019

Cartoonist Sam Day's take on current events.
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Director’s Corner: A successful approach to addiction demands political courage and compassion

by Tim Harris | August 21st, 2019

This month, an installation stands outside the Fifth Avenue entrance to City Hall as a silent indictment of a city that just doesn’t care. A six-foot plastic sculpture of the number 508 holds flowers and other remembrances of the people who have died of...
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Points of View: Artist Henry Jackson-Spieker shares his perspective through sculpture

by Lisa Edge | August 21st, 2019

Neon colored paracord. Orbicular cut wood. Cone-shaped blown glass. Those three elements may not appear to traditionally pair well with each other but artist Henry Jackson-Spieker merged them to create a harmonious sculpture. Several of them hang from the...
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Book Review: ’King and the Other America: The Poor People’s Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality’

by Joe Martin | August 21st, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr.'s quest to combine economic, racial and social equality in the Poor People's Campaign ended after his assassination — but it's back

On April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King Jr. took a courageous risk when he proclaimed his opposition to the Vietnam War. Having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, King took on the mantle of not only a champion of...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Final stretch of the city council race, Mercer Mega Block sale

by Ashley Archibald | August 14th, 2019

And then there were… 14 Primary season is over and while the election results are not yet final, it appears that November is shaping up to be a contest between two competing visions of Seattle: one pushing for progressive policies and a more conservative...
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Mexican women use sunlight instead of firewood or gas to cook meals

Reclaiming Blackness: Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits showcased at Seattle Art Museum

The Middle Ground by Sam Day 8/28/19

If I’d realized I was exaggerating I’d have exaggerated better

First Thursday artwalk guide for September 5, 2019

Martyrdom won’t put a roof over our heads

Breaking the Cycle: Experiment helps poor families move to high opportunity neighborhoods

Reporter’s Notebook: Black women’s equal pay day, Seattle’s green new deal, political spending limits

Changes to US immigration policy may affect hundreds of thousands

Just think of all that lip-smacking greenery to exploit in Greenland

The Middle Ground by Sam Day 8/21/19

Director’s Corner: A successful approach to addiction demands political courage and compassion

Points of View: Artist Henry Jackson-Spieker shares his perspective through sculpture

Book Review: ’King and the Other America: The Poor People’s Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality’

Reporter’s Notebook: Final stretch of the city council race, Mercer Mega Block sale

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