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How Driftwood Can Help Save the Salmon
The Duwamish River has been stripped of its essential function in the spawning of the Northwest’s prized fish.…
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I-123 Puts Seattle’s Waterfront Plan Up in the Air
Kate Martin explains why she’s convinced voters will ignore all the trash talk and approve her plan for…
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Throwing Neighborhoods Out With the Neighborhood Councils
City Hall’s anti-geographic rhetoric holds no water.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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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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Video Suggests Police, Not Protesters, Ignited Liquid That Burned Officer During May Day Demonstration
Video analysis appears to show that a blastball ignited a failed Molotov.
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Human Extinction Support Groups Offer Solace to Those Who Think We’re Doomed
“People want to think, ‘If I recycle all of my Coors Light cans produced thousands of miles away,…
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The Death of Neighborhood Councils, as Told by Wallingford
A quintessential Seattle neighborhood shows both the strength and weakness of Seattle’s neighborhood model.
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Ballots Mailed for Tax to Fund Affordable Housing, Homeless Prevention
Average homeowners will pay an extra $5 per month, or affordable housing subsidies will plummet.
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The Anti-Pokemon Backlash as It Currently Stands in Seattle
Is Pokemon Go the new Google Glass?
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City Reverses Course on Plan to Sell Potential Park Space
Money from the sale of the Myers Parcel in West Seattle was earmarked to alleviate homelessness.
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Test Drive a Safe Drug Site!
VOCAL is inviting the public into a mock safe consumption space all over Seattle for the next week.
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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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Scenes From an Intersection
Almost two years after its first formative protest, hours after two more catalyzing killings, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter…
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Social Media in a Time of Crises
The power to spread awareness of injustice is an undeniable good. But how do we maintain our sanity…
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SPOG’s Anti-Reform Posturing Is a Disservice to Seattle. And its Members.
The police union’s inflammatory rhetoric toward police reforms has a corrosive effect on the public dialog. It needs…
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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.