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Poverty

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Q&A: Smiley & West on Springsteen, Lupe Fiasco, Obama, and Their Fight Against Poverty

    Before Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West support their new book, The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifest, at the Neptune, the hosts of the public radio show Smiley & West took a few minutes to chat with us about music and politics. Below is an extended version of the interview which ran in t ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    War Isn't Over: Remembering Washington's War Dead

    An issue-long dedication to those who've made the ultimate sacrifice in the Middle East.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Drama Heats Up Over Firefighters Refusal to Hand Out Missing Girl Flyers During Separate Charity Event

    ​Lindsay Baum, an 11-year-old from McCleary, went missing 18 months ago on her way home from a friend's house. Her mother has been blanketing the town with flyers and searching everywhere for a clue of where she might be ever since. But when she asked the McCleary Fire Department to help her h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Robert Rizzo, City Manager of America's Most Corrupt Town, Raced Horses at Emerald Downs

    ​No one does corruption like Bell, California. The Los Angeles suburb doesn't have much in the way of people (population: 40,000) or money (more than a quarter of its residents live below the poverty line). But that didn't stop elected officials like City Manager Robert Rizzo from using the ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Today's Dose of Reality: 49 Million Americans Are Food Insecure

    Hello, dark and rainy Monday. Today the USDA released their annual Food Security Report and the news ain't pretty. To put it simply: a hell of a lot of Americans (we're talking 49 million) can't afford to put food (never mind consistently healthy food) on the table. Some quick facts: -In 2008, 14. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    The Right to Eat: WA Food & Nutrition Council's Annual Conference

    Next month, on Friday, September 25, the Washington State Food and Nutrition Council is holding its annual conference. With a record number of Americans on food stamps right now (34 million as of May), and residents of impoverished urban and rural areas still struggling with limited access to fresh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Unions Launch Campaign Against Ross Hunter

    www.baddealhunter.com​Five unions, including the Washington Education Association, have joined forces to create the Working Families Coalition, which today launched a one-page Web site attacking Ross Hunter for his votes opposite the unions on three bills in Olympia this year--including the st ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Louis C.K.

    Too smart for the masses, but not for us

  • Film

    June 28, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickCavite

    Showing at Varsity, Fri., June 30–Thurs., July 6. Not rated. 78 minutes.

  • News

    August 10, 2005

    The Other Thunder Road

    Aug. 10-16, 2005

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    The Poverty Factor

    As better-off students leave the public schools, Seattle's high proportion of low-income pupils complicates the budget crisis.

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    WTO, No!

    Poorer nations put the brakes on the U.S.-European free-trade juggernaut.

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Letters

    'Weekly' whiners

  • News

    October 14, 1998

    Life below the line

    In the debate over I-688, we tend not to look too closely at the people it's intended to help—the state's minimum-wage earners.

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