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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    U.S. Chamber of Commerce Uses Seattle To Hype Business Involvment in Schools

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week issued a stinging "case study" of the Seattle School Board, characterized by the report as churning and fractious. Yet the chamber's proposed solution to school board woes--more business involvement--stirs up the very divisiveness the report laments.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Screw You, Gates Foundation: The Case for Undemocratic Workspaces

    According to the New York Times, Seattle is on the vanguard of a movement to make work environments more like libraries, where you're more apt to find a powerful executive tapping away on her laptop in a common area than behind a heavy wooden door, with a killer water view unshared by her charges. S ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2012

    How to Find Seattle's Best Teachers

    Here's a hint: Ask around.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Cynical of Gates Foundation Advice on Improving Schools

    Today's Comment of the Day winner is, let's just say, not terribly optimistic over some of the conclusions made by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as to how to improve schools.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Gates Foundation Urges Better Teacher Evaluations, Neglects to Mention Quick and Easy Method

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just came out with its latest advice for how to improve schools. As the foundation sees it, districts don't have a good sense of who their good and bad teachers are, and need better evaluations. But is this really the problem?

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Seattle Scientists Inching Toward HIV Vaccine

    Image Source​As our feature story this week makes clear, the fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over. But researchers from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have made significant progress developing a vaccine for the virus, and the Gates Foundation has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Gates Foundation Project Saves 100,000 Indians from HIV, Study Says

    ​Using counseling, outreach, needle exchanges, a whole lot of condoms and a whole lot of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a project in India was able to stop more than 100,000 people from getting HIV.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Bill Foege, Vashon Resident and Former CDC Director, Explains How He Eradicated Smallpox

    ​One of the ironies of the local anti-vaccine movement, profiled in this week's cover story, is that it has flourished in the very region that has drawn some of the most famous immunologists in the world. That's due largely to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which for years has been fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Take a Tour Through the Brand New Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters (VIDEO)

    ​Saving the world is a tough business. But it is indeed a business and therefore it requires a headquarters--preferably one with self-adjusting blinds, chalkboard-covered walls and "living roofs." Don't follow? Then come with us on a tour of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Bill Gates Gives a Shit About Crap Research

    ​In a perfect world a person could take a dump in their car's gas tank, start up their ride, then drive to back to the Indian take-out restaurant from whence the vehicle's fuel originated. We're talking, of course, about turning poop into energy. It's humankind's most enduring feces-based scie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Rye Barcott

    ​In a perfect world a person could take a dump in their car's gas tank, start up their ride, then drive to back to the Indian take-out restaurant from whence the vehicle's fuel originated. We're talking, of course, about turning poop into energy. It's humankind's most enduring feces-based scie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Doomsday Potatoes, in Anticipation of the End of the World

    ​ See that picture? That right there is the last, best hope of humanity when everything in the world finally goes completely to shit. That is the front door of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (otherwise known as the Doomsday Vault), which houses somewhere around 400,000 seed samples, keeping ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Bill Gates Asks Government to Aid His Foundation's Vaccine Cause, End Polio

    ​Charities and foundations typically step in to do the work governments can't or won't do. But billionaire Bill Gates thinks "rich world" nations could do much better. Most foreign aid comes to about one percent of a country's budget--as it does in the U.S.- and in his annual letter issued tod ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2010

    Will the Gates Foundation's Journalism Gifts Taint Objectivity?

    ​Charities and foundations typically step in to do the work governments can't or won't do. But billionaire Bill Gates thinks "rich world" nations could do much better. Most foreign aid comes to about one percent of a country's budget--as it does in the U.S.- and in his annual letter issued tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Bill Gates Buys More News Coverage for His Seattle Foundation, Gives ABC $1.5 Million

    ​He's no Rupert Murdoch, but Bill Gates is making another media investment: His foundation will help fund a project at ABC News to increase its coverage of health conditions of the poor. It further expands the billionaire's investments in the news media, which could help influence the storie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Bill Gates Tries the Dad Approach With Angry Teachers Union Members

    ​At the national American Federation of Teachers convention held in Seattle over the past week, union president Randi Weingarten acknowledged the anger many teachers feel over an education reform effort that is sweeping the country. She chastised what she called the "blame the teacher crowd," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    The Key to Securing a Grant From the Gates Foundation: Be as Sci-Fi as Possible

    ucla.eduCritics say Gates should be funding clean water before Ozcan's disease-detecting cell phone.​At the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany, Carlos Alberto Guzman is working on a way to administer vaccines using particles that enter the body through hair follicles and burst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Will the Gates Foundation Do What McGinn Can't--Throw a Wrench in the Tunnel Plan?

    gatesfoundation.orgPicking a fight with this guy might be a far easier way to kill the tunnel than a veto.​While Mike McGinn continues his war on the tunnel (this week threatening to veto the plan if the state still insists on the city covering cost overruns), another battle has been building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Bill Gates Prepares to Give Away a Few More Billion

    Bill at a North Carolina high school in 2009​In his annual letter released this morning, the world's richest man indicates money is not necessarily a problem this year. Unlike last year, when Bill Gates said his charitable Seattle foundation had lost 20 percent in 2008 - more than $6 billion a ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    Reform School

    Will the $4 million STEM finally bring accountability to Cleveland High?

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Will Cleveland High School Become Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson's Crown Jewel or Albatross?

    The district is pledging $4 million to transform Cleveland High School ​As Seattle Public Schools released new details about its latest transformation plan for perpetually-troubled Cleveland High School over the past week, there's been a collective eye roll among some teachers there. "I've b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    InvestigateWest Has a Donor, but with Conditions?

    Up to now, InvestigateWest, one of several P-I alumni web sites, has been a work in progress since its July launch, consisting mostly of blog items and pitches for public support. But, like another non-profit journalism site, Crosscut.com, did yesterday, InvestigateWest today says it has gotten much ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Will Bill Gates Come to the Rescue of Journalists?

    Can they fit some journalists on their laps?​Online news site Crosscut's announcement yesterday of a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surely raised some hopes in the tumultuous world of journalism. Is Bill Gates waking up to the havoc caused by the digital technology h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    Seattle Center Skatepark

    Can they fit some journalists on their laps?​Online news site Crosscut's announcement yesterday of a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surely raised some hopes in the tumultuous world of journalism. Is Bill Gates waking up to the havoc caused by the digital technology h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2009

    Seattle Center Skatepark Opening

    Can they fit some journalists on their laps?​Online news site Crosscut's announcement yesterday of a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surely raised some hopes in the tumultuous world of journalism. Is Bill Gates waking up to the havoc caused by the digital technology h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    What's Doing at the Lumen?

    Condo auctions have become common nationwide, as banks seize projects whose developers are slow or incapable of paying back their loans. It's a sign of the recession, and of the troubles for both the banking and real-estate industries. In some markets, the bottom-feeder opportunities for home buyers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Gates: Only $29 Bill in the Bank

    From the Always A Dark Side If You Look Hard Enough file: Even with $29.5 billion in the vault, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation isn't overjoyed with its financial condition, the foundation's new CEO said today. "This has been a very hard year for foundations and nonprofits--and the near future d ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    Could Gates Be the P-I’s White Knight?

    Stepping into journalism isn’t foreign to the billionaire or his foundation.

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Waiting for Godoy: Human Rights for $1 Million

    Godoy Seattle is already a mecca for global public health work, as it's home to the headquarters of big-name organizations like PATH and the Gates Foundation and to the recently established UW Department of Global Health. Could it be a mecca for human rights work as well?Perhaps it could, if Senato ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Gates Foundation Lost Billions in 2008

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    You Can All Read Now, So Go Home

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: Bringing Sexy (and Hairy) Back

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Lessons from Cleveland High

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2007

    Black Eyes For Gates Foundation

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2006

    Quiet Supe Candidate

    "I was lucky enough to accumulate the wealth that is going into the foundation because I got a great education and was born in the United States, where innovation and risk-taking are rewarded," Bill Gates says in his first "annual letter" released this morning by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundat ... More >>

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    Drinking & Reading

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2006

    Bill Gates, Newspaper Guy

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2006

    Monday Telegraph Room

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2006

    Gates Foundation Windfall

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Leagues of Gentlemen

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Philanthropy, The County, Technology, Quote

    The Blue Moon saves itself; and Bill Gates loves newsprint.

  • Diversions

    August 3, 2005

    Best Urban Landscaper

    Turf: Urban Living

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Bill Gates' Guinea Pigs

    The Gates Foundation wants to remake American education, and ground zero for their billion-dollar experiment is Mountlake Terrace High School. Results so far? It's been a learning experience.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Charitable Terms

    The city deal to sell land to the Gates Foundation was even worse than you think.

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    The Billionaire Club

    Three of Seattle's richest people—Howard Schultz, Paul Allen, and Bill Gates—can now call Seattle Center home.

  • News

    January 14, 2004

    A New School Principle

    The Seattle School Board's objection notwithstanding, this might be the year lawmakers embrace the charter-school movement.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    More Teleflubbies

    KCTS-TV concedes that it misappropriated Gates-related money.

  • News

    August 21, 2002

    Busted

    KCTS-TV concedes that it misappropriated Gates-related money.

  • Arts

    December 29, 1999

    Visual arts, 1999

    KCTS-TV concedes that it misappropriated Gates-related money.

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    To Bill, with thanks

    KCTS-TV concedes that it misappropriated Gates-related money.

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