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United Way

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Microsofties Give 'Til It Feels Good: $96 Million!

    Latter-day Givers​While, as noted earlier, Bill Gates threw a lot of money to politicians in recent years, he's of course since aimed most of his billions toward his foundation and charitable causes. So have Microsoft employees: In October, for example, Microsofties donated, on average, $30.86 ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Toke Stoking

    Steve Sarich raises the ire of the medical-marijuana community.

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Where to Volunteer for Thanksgiving?

    ​To volunteer in most places in Seattle, you need to sign up way in advance, so it might be too late to do so on Thanksgiving day. That said, many, many organizations look for volunteers throughout the holidays and year-round.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Blogwatch: Eating $7, Tax Revolt, St. Germain Crawl

    Taking the Hunger Challenge: Starting Monday, April 20th, the United Way asks people to participate in an exercise in empathy, asking you to eat $7 per day for five days. Rebekah Denn opines. (via Eat All About It) Junction Rebellion: Full details on the West Seattle junction's "no tax" day next we ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2009

    Intelius and the Dubious Art of “Post-Transaction Marketing”

    A checkered success during the dot-com bubble, Naveen Jain has come charging back with a new venture—and the complaints are rolling in.

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    Quiz the Candidates

    Sept. 7-13, 2005

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    98.8 Percent Overhead

    The North Seattle Community College Foundation is one of the nation's biggest credit-counseling agencies, but hardly any of the millions of dollars in revenue goes to helping students. Most of it goes to for-profit corporations.

  • Diversions

    August 3, 2005

    Best Grassroots Media Outlet

    People, Politics, and Media

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    Xenotransplantation

    May 18-24, 2005

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Got Any Spare Change?

    An audacious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Seattle faces the usual problem: not enough money. In fact, federal cuts are on the way.

  • Arts

    January 19, 2005

    Tough Love for the Arts

    The arts are a business like any other. It's time to rethink how they're funded, and whether taxpayers should be on the hook for artistic ambitions gone wrong.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Seattle Times Cutbacks

    From Carolyn Kelly, Seattle Times Co. president.

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Street Cred

    With a campaign to end homelessness, it's not your grandparents' United Way.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Insider vs. Outsider

    City Council members Jan Drago and Nick Licata eye the presidency.

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Sea Change in Seattle

    A clean sweep for School Board challengers and a shake-up at City Hall.

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Coup Without a Cause

    Even if three challengers win at City Hall, not much will change.

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    SWs Primary-Election Picks

    Its time to throw many, but not all, of the bums out. Also: yes to relaxing marijuana enforcement, no to the latte tax.

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Is Strippergate Over?

    Hardly. The rezone is nixed, but theres fallout ahead.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    The Mayor's Machine

    Greg Nickels has solidified power in the City Hall bureaucracy and among special interests. Now he wants to mold the City Council.

  • Arts

    May 21, 2003

    Hot Campaigns

    The political addict's guide to real summer fun.

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Nonprofits on Skid Road

    Traditionally strong organizations like the Casey Foundation are laying off staff and find that their most-reliable donors are down on their luck, too.

  • Arts

    April 17, 2002

    Mother love

    Show some this weekend

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Indy mail

    Show some this weekend

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Brother, can you spare $55,000?

    The city is reluctant to give SHARE additional funds.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    The Meal Deal

    Helping ease hunger is a year-round pursuit

  • Arts

    August 16, 2000

    The art of survival

    Welcome to Lloyd's Rocket, a place where murals battle blight.

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    "So when you've wrecked your new Lexus and you're being loaded into an ambulance with bleeding eye sockets, take a moment to remember I'll be smiling over you from my window bus seat...."

    Welcome to Lloyd's Rocket, a place where murals battle blight.

  • News

    January 26, 2000

    Selling giving

    United Way of King County is reinventing itself as a new charity for a new Gilded Age, applying business smarts to philanthropy itself. But the results expose some problems in privatizing society's safety net.

  • Food

    January 12, 2000

    Doing good eats

    Dining with dignity—for under five smackers!

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Open letter

    The editors share their thoughts with the M's.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Letters

    Tastelessness

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Those Dole-full Nordstroms

    Nordstrom taketh more than it giveth away.

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    Letters

    Princess and the POTUS

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Unkind cuts

    Seattle may soon get its fair share of federal homeless funds. And that spells disaster.

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