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They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported
The government has jailed family-supporting, lifelong U.S. residents who seem as American as the next person—but can't prove…
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Mean girl frenzy
What does the popularity of Rachel Simmons' new book tell us about our zeitgeist? And does she know…
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Advanced Degree of Angst
The real scandal at UW might be funding inequity on a campus of fiefdoms.
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Why They So Dislike Olchefske
The reasons are almost as numerous as the teachers, parents, and principals who wanted the superintendent ousted.
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Hobson’s choice
Crusty homeless advocate Bill Hobson is poised to take over the troubled Morrison Hotel. Why are the residents…
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The Bus Stops Here
School Board members have trouble exacting change to cut transportation costs, but they aren't as divided as it…
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Going down at the Crossroads
Why is the federal housing department sponsoring Eastside gentrification and displacement?
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He Won’t Do Nothin’ For You
Learn the cunning strategies and strange secrets of three of Seattle's most notorious landlords. The way some slumlords…
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Burning the Midnight Oil
While a ponderous new Seattle School Board studies late into the night, a serendipitous superintendent is seizing the…
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All in the family
A bitter Democrat-vs.-Democrat challenge in the Senate opens personal and racial rifts in Southeast Seattle.
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Time to Pitch In
It's easy to dislike a plan to close schools, but who's got a better idea to save $20…
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Which School Board candidate can replace a retiring millionaire?
“I HAD AN AGENDA, I shared that agenda with my colleagues, and I have not deviated from that…
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News Clips— Omari’s grand plan
I MET THE MAN accused of attacking Mayor Paul Schell last weekend in the spring of 1998. I…
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Dressing up the projects
Public housing has never looked better than it does today at Seattle's Holly Park. So why are so…
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The Return of Mr. Civility
Former City Attorney Mark Sidran, the Democratic bane of the left, wants to be attorney general. But he…
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An Iraqi Within
Hussain Alshafei escaped Saddams repression and landed in Edmonds to live the American dream. Now hes accused of…