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Seattle Is Creating a Ton of Low-Income Housing. How Do We Decide Who Gets It?
The wait-lists and lotteries of low-income housing in Seattle.
Chetanya Robinson
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The Duwamish Aren’t Holding Out Hope for Last-Minute Recognition By Obama
The tribe doesn’t envision a repeat of 2001, when Clinton granted, then Bush repealed, recognition within hours. But…
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Can Turkey Teach Us Something About Democracy?
A Seattle poster exchange with Istanbul looks at which direction each country is going.
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Former Seattle Police Chief: We Could Become a ‘Sanctuary City’ for Marijuana
Whatever a Trump administration decides to do on pot, Norm Stamper says cities like Seattle will have the…
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Did a Divided Left Really Kill Our Nation’s First Carbon Tax?
The results of I-732 point to steep opposition, even from within.
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Feeling Gross This Election? Churches Offering Healing Vigils
The election vigils are a first for many churches.
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Uber, Google, Want to Help You Vote
Uber riders will get notices reminding them to vote and offering them rides to the nearest ballot drop…
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Ash to Glass: Ballard Studio Turns Cremated Remains Into Art
The artists at Glass Eye Studio find nothing morbid about their glass memorials.
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Activists Stage Slow March for Fast Public Internet at City Hall
Kshama Sawant and Rob Johnson are trying to breathe new life into muni-broadband.
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Think Clowns Are Creepy? Get Over It and Learn to Love the Art
Doctor Hamsterfuzz explains the power of the art.
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You Can Now Order Up Birth Control on Your iPhone. Yay!
A new app seeks to break down barriers to reproductive health.
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The Scary Clown Fad Is Killing Fundraising Efforts For Seattle Clown Nonprofit
It’s “like raising funds for axe murderers.”
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As Politicians Make Homelessness a Focus, Will the Homeless Get Out and Vote?
“The people who are most impacted by public-policy decisions are often the last ones to know about how…
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Ceremony, Protest Mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day
“I walk Indian, I sing Indian, I drum Indian, I tell stories Indian. And now we have a…
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A New Gun Control Measure Is Going Before Voters, and the Gun Lobby Seems to Be Holding Fire
While some mental health advocates raise alarms over I-1491, state records show the NRA hasn’t spent a cent…