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Articles by Ashley Archibald

Grant Anniskett waits at the Millionair Club Charity to see if he can get work for the day. The organization saw a large number of its jobs evaporate overnight when the county and state banned gatherings of more than 250 people, shutting down the stadiums

Efforts from near and D.C. to save the crashing economy

by Ashley Archibald | March 25th, 2020

Social distancing to impede the coronavirus has severely impacted the local and national economies, prompting government officials in Washington and Washington, D.C., to ameliorate the economic pain. Restrictions on where and how Washingtonians can travel,...

Read more in the Mar. 25-31, 2020 issue.

Tax Amazon campaign gains steam

by Ashley Archibald | March 25th, 2020

Proponents filed an initiative to tax large businesses on March 19 amid a coronavirus outbreak that threatens the city’s finances. The “Tax Amazon” initiative is structured the same as another effort pushed forward at the City Council-level by...

Read more in the Mar. 25-31, 2020 issue.

Emergency Food Network Chief Executive Officer Michelle Douglas

Fundraising season is fading into the distance

by Ashley Archibald | March 25th, 2020

Michelle Douglas had a plan. Douglas is the chief executive officer of the Emergency Food Network (EFN), a Pierce County nonprofit. She met with her team Tuesday, March 10, to discuss their options. Their Recognition Breakfast, a fundraiser and celebration...

Read more in the Mar. 25-31, 2020 issue.

A student wearing a mask walks through an empty University of Washington Campus after classes were canceled.

Seattleites are ready for spring but shut away

by Ashley Archibald | March 19th, 2020

Seattle is canceled. The Emerald City — a hub of arts, culture, business and tourism — has effectively shuttered as the infectious coronavirus rips through the region and government officials rush to keep people safe. Bustling areas of the city are vacant...

Read more in the Mar. 18 - 24, 2020 issue.

Biden their time

by Ashley Archibald | March 19th, 2020

Washington state voters appear poised to hand victory in the March 10 primary to former Vice President Joe Biden, despite expectations that the state would once again go to Sen. Bernie Sanders. As of March 17, Biden was 1.4 percent ahead of Sanders...

Read more in the Mar. 18 - 24, 2020 issue.

Real Change team members advocate at Seattle City Hall to gain accessible and free sanitary stations.

Contracts approved to support hygiene stations and sex workers held up

by Ashley Archibald | March 19th, 2020

As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the region, the city has not yet released funds for hygiene and outreach projects approved in Seattle’s 2020 budget that could help ameliorate the crisis. Contracts to support outreach to sex workers and...

Read more in the Mar. 18 - 24, 2020 issue.

Mon meilleure ami

by Ashley Archibald | March 12th, 2020

A French philosopher ponders his companion

As I began to write this review of “Dogs,” a philosophical treatise on the nature of the human-canine bond by French philosopher Mark Alizart, my dog Rin was curled up at my feet. Over the past two and a half years, Rin has been my constant companion, and I...

Read more in the Mar. 11-17, 2020 issue.

Real Change vendor Joshua Trujillo lost his dog Bella during a hospital stay. He was lucky to get her back.

What happens to your furry friends while you’re sick in the hospital?

by Ashley Archibald | March 12th, 2020

When Claudia Dethman got sick, she knew what she had to do. Dethman was in her early 60s, and the flu was contagious and deadly. She was living in her car at the time with her service dog Christian, an 18-month-old Corgi who she loved more than anything...

Read more in the Mar. 11-17, 2020 issue.

One person walks down Occidental Avenue between Main and Jackson shortly at 12:18 p.m. on Monday. It’s not the usual lunch crowd.

Washington faces the outbreak and braces as the numbers grow

by Ashley Archibald | March 12th, 2020

The Puget Sound region is the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States, and communities throughout Seattle and King County are hunkering down to wait out the disease as the full extent of the crisis continues to unfold. As of March...

Read more in the Mar. 11-17, 2020 issue.

Rollin’

by Ashley Archibald | March 12th, 2020

No money? No problem. At least on King County Metro. The King County Council approved a new income-based fare program for the local bus system that will provide free bus passes for qualifying county residents who make 80 percent of the federal poverty level...

Read more in the Mar. 11-17, 2020 issue.