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Reparations Go Viral in Seattle
Two new online movements offer white people ways to fight racism directly.
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Hotel Safety Summit Packs Room, Expects Win on I-124
“In Seattle, we are leaders on labor standards, and I think we should keep that momentum.”
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Hotel Workers Ballot Initiative Got Its Signatures
Initiative 124, designed to protect hotel housekeepers, is on its way to qualifying for the November ballot.
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Climate Activists Fasting on Capitol Steps Find Allies in Governor’s Staff
“We are here to help untie their hands.”
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Puget Sound Energy to Retire Some Coal-Fired Power
PSE has finally agreed on an end date to its dirtiest power source.
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Gun Control Measure Aims to Prevent Suicide, Too
A ballot initiative seeks to protect gun owners’ most common victims: themselves.
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Mayor, Police Chief, Community Members Respond to Police Killings in Dallas
“One of the things I know is violence begets violence. We can’t continue to hurt one another.”
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Anti-Trans Ballot Measure Fails to Get Enough Signatures
The Just Want Privacy campaign did not, in the end, get enough support to make the ballot.
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Where Are the Public Transit Options for Seattle’s Overcrowded Trailheads?
We’re investing big bucks to make it easier for people to drive to trailheads. But good luck finding…
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How Green Is the Governor?
Environmentalists are lukewarm on Jay Inslee’s policies regarding both oil trains and carbon caps.
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Murray Reiterates Pro-Immigrant City Policies Following SCOTUS Decision
“No Seattle City official will ever ask you what your immigration status is,” said Murray.
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Everyone Seems to Be Calling for a Moratorium on Oil Trains But Governor Inslee
Greens to protest oil trains and our “greenest governor” at Friday’s Obama/Inslee fundraiser.
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Rally Shows the Feds How Seattle Feels About Coal
Not too many coal supporters at this public hearing.
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A New Effort in Seattle Aims to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts
“We’re not a Chicago, we’re not a Baltimore…. We don’t want to get there, either.”
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The Fight to Bring Hotel Housekeepers Out of the Shadows
They have some of the highest rates of sexual harassment and injury of any group of workers. A…
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When an Oil Train Blows Up in Seattle, Who Will Pay For It?
Experts say this disaster will happen again — and no railroad company has the kind of insurance that…
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Ecology Releases Second Draft of Proposed Carbon Rule — and the Kids Aren’t Pleased
“We are extremely disappointed,” said attorney Andrea Rodgers.
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How to Have an Enchantments-Like Experience Without the Hassle
The cluster of craggy peaks near Leavenworth is indisputably enchanting. But so are these other places.
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Coal Terminal Hearing Pits Labor Against Environment — Again
Blue shirts versus red shirts in the final battle.