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What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Joe Biden, Our Next President

Our next president: Joe Biden will become America's next president ($). Celebration: Seattleites celebrated the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Capitol Hill. The...

What We’re Reading: Vote Save America

Vote Save America: If you haven't voted yet, it's not too late to do so to vote for Democrats up and down the ballot...

What We’re Reading: PDX BRT, Preserving Affordable Housing, and E-Scooter Crashes

Electoral politics: Crosscut dispels misinformation on voting in Washington and Oregon and explains how Washington can finally do away with gerrymandering. Environmental terrorism administration: The...

What We’re Reading: Housing for All, Authoritarianism at Work, and Corner Stores Invigorate

Intra-party challenge: Two Democrats are going head-to-head for the open Lt. Governor position in Washington. CA rent control: California has another statewide rent control measure...

What We’re Reading: Lower BC HSR, Legalizing Multifamily, and Trump Death Cult

Lower BC HSR: Could a high-speed rail line between Whistler and Chilliwack via Vancouver become a reality? Failing workers: According to a study, late-night transit...

What We’re Reading: Rent Crisis, Still Counting, and Help Needed

Reducing poverty: Forty-four European cities are pledging €14 billion in funding to alleviate poverty and social exclusion. Rent crisis: Overdue rent is piling up and...

What We’re Reading: The Stream, Ahead of Washington, and Texas HSR Greenlit

Progressive leadership: For the first time, Democrats have formed a majority on Philadelphia's regional transit agency. LRT in Kent: Light rail construction in Kent begins...

What We’re Reading: King County Migration, Bankrupt, and Redlined Impacts

Structurally opposed to cities: The United States Senate is structurally set up against urban areas and in particularly large cities, effectively giving a third...