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Opinion

Seattle Families Mobilize Against Sweeping Change to School Bell Times

Seattle Public Schools is rushing toward a three tiered schedule of school start times. The district should reassess. (Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation)
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Dubicki: Begging Seattle To Do Something Right Is Utterly Exhausting

For the last five months, a double-digit percentage of my time was spent working through two of Seattle’s larger Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)....
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Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms

Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...
More than a 100 market-goers near the Pike Street entrance to Pike Place Market.

Pedestrian Injury in Road Rage Brawl Underscores Need for Car-Free Pike Place

Nonetheless, conservative commentators keep arguing car-clogged Pike Place is working great and a welcoming doormat for the Market. The Urbanist has long argued for the...

Seattleites Demand Housing Fixes, but Chamber Overlooks Their Own Poll Finding

The chamber and friends are focused on homeless sweeps and pinning blame on progressive councilmembers, rather than housing solutions. On Monday, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber...
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U.S. Voting Systems Should — And Can — Better Reflect Diversity in Representation

In 1776, John Adams wrote that a "representative assembly... should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think,...
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Latest IPCC Climate Report Underscores Need for Collaborative Action Among Urbanists

The latest reports from the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment are out and their findings on cities are simply...
Alaska Airlines plane takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with Mt. Rainier in the background.

We Need to Try Everything But Build a New Airport

If you sit on the Seattle waterfront on a sunny spring day you can hear a rumble in the distance. No, it’s not the...