Op-Ed: Seattle Poised to Repeat Chicago’s School Closure Mistake
Last week Seattle Public Schools (SPS) unveiled plans to embrace sweeping austerity, making major cuts to school programs and closing an unspecified number of...
Liveable Kirkland Presents History of Exclusion Talk on December 2
Do you wonder how the Kirkland-of-today came to be?
In 2017, Richard Rothstein’s riveting book, The Color of Law, documented how the continuing segregation of...
Murder Party Is an Urbanist Halloween Masterpiece
It sucks when Halloween falls early in the week. The spookiest night of the year and you have to wake up for work early...
Seattle Center Faces a Turning Point with Former Waterfront Director Taking the Helm
Seattle's largest civic campus and most centrally located swath of public open space has a new leader, following city council's unanimous approval for Marshall...
Alaska Will Not Save Us
Like a giant overhead bin full of cookies and cash, Alaska sits for many as potential salvation. Quietly looming above, it waits as a...
Op-Ed: New Drug Bill Relies on Trusting a Contemptuous Seattle Police Force
The war on drugs is back, and Seattle is about to entrust SPD to carry it out with minimal guardrails.
This Tuesday, Seattle City Council...
Seattle-Area Schools Slowly Electrify Bus Fleets
Washington State has 40 electric school buses so far -- but big plans to change that. Meanwhile most parents drive their kids to school.
That...
The Grandeur of Seattle’s Tiny Plums
Small reminders to celebrate lots of good neighbors.
In the short gap of indecisive September clouds between Smoke Season and Spider Season, Seattle experiences one...