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Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    The Rev. Sam McKinney on Ed Pratt's Murder: Could Have Solved it Years Ago, He Tells KUOW

    ​"I felt, and others did too, if those in power really wanted to know who killed him, they would have found out. It would be good to have closure." That's retired Rev. Sam McKinney of Mt. Zion Baptist Church on KUOW yesterday, recalling the assassination of Seattle Urban League director Edwin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Ed Pratt: Going, Going, Gone From Sight

    ​Part of the problem of writing about the historic murder of Ed Pratt for this week's SW was that few today remember he was the assassinated leader of Seattle's Urban League in 1969 (though it helped that KING-TV followed up on the story last night in a piece that includes some historical foot ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    He Killed Edwin Pratt

    A key source in the civil-rights crusader's murder says police have solved Seattle's coldest case.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Ed Pratt Assassination: Solved, Says Get-Away Driver's Ex, 'It Was a Monumental Hate Crime'

    Ed Pratt.​Seattle Urban League director Ed Pratt was 38 when shot to death in the doorway of his suburban Seattle home Jan. 26, 1969. It was a tumultuous racial period in the city, and President Richard Nixon eulogized Pratt as "the Martin Luther King of the Northwest." But 42 years later, the ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2011

    Who Killed Edwin Pratt?

    Seattle's most notorious cold case gets a whole lot warmer.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Edwin Pratt Assassination: Cold-Case Probers Think Black Contractor Behind Historic Murder

    Edwin T. Pratt​Forty-two years after the assassination of Seattle black civil rights leader Edwin T. Pratt at his Shoreline home, investigators are confident they've identified the three white men who killed him and say there is "compelling" evidence that the mystery man behind the hit was a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    James Bible, King County NAACP President, Calls For Seattle Police Chief John Diaz's Resignation

    ​With Mayor Mike McGinn expected to soon announce his choice for Seattle's next top cop, finalist and interim Seattle police chief John Diaz has come under fire for the second time in as many months. Just last week, the department rank and file recommended him for the job. Now, the day after ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    SPS Teacher Contract Negotiations Make for Unlikely Enemies

    ​With Mayor Mike McGinn expected to soon announce his choice for Seattle's next top cop, finalist and interim Seattle police chief John Diaz has come under fire for the second time in as many months. Just last week, the department rank and file recommended him for the job. Now, the day after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Teachers Union Bristles at New Coalition's Effort to Muscle In on Contract Negotiations

    A new coalition wants the district to weed out bad teachers.​Contract negotiations began this week between Seattle Public Schools and the teachers union, and the atmosphere is already getting testy--but not between the parties you might expect. Seattle Education Association president Olga Adda ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    Black, White, and Bled All Over

    The murder of a biracial teen in Leschi led to incendiary assumptions on all sides.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    'Activity' in Pratt Murder

    The murder of a biracial teen in Leschi led to incendiary assumptions on all sides.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Dino, Chris and Pudge: The YouTube Satire

    The murder of a biracial teen in Leschi led to incendiary assumptions on all sides.

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    What Does Urban League's Head Honcho Want With the S.L.U.T.?

    Critics say expansion will lead to gentrification. James Kelly envisions economic development.

  • News

    April 2, 2008

    Sold Out

    The state cracks down on foreclosure "rescue" schemes—too late for one (former) Bellevue homeowner.

  • News

    March 12, 2008

    Moneytree CEO Wants You to Rethink His Business

    With targeted philanthropy, and close attention to ethics, Moneytree CEO Dennis Bassford is achieving the unthinkable: overcoming prejudice against the payday lending industry.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Pratt Murder Review?

    With targeted philanthropy, and close attention to ethics, Moneytree CEO Dennis Bassford is achieving the unthinkable: overcoming prejudice against the payday lending industry.

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    Southern Strategy

    A new cold-case initiative could help solve the 1969 murder of Edwin Pratt, if only the FBI would give it the time of day.

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    The Stress Test

    Choose all that apply: (a) The WASL was intended to improve schools and pupil performance. (b) It's become an unhealthy obsession among teachers, parents, and students. (c) The WASL inspires alarming anxiety among 9-year-olds. (d) It's actually stultifying public education.

  • 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

    March 20, 2002

    A day in the park

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

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