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So Long, Pam Roach. Don’t Forget Your Roses.
As the long-serving GOP maverick leaves the Senate, it’s progressives, not Republicans, who will mourn.
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What’s Next for the No Youth Jail Movement?
As construction draws closer, opponents prep for a final battle.
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An Outsider Artist Takes on the Trolls
How Arrington de Dionyso got wrapped up in a twisted conspiracy theory and how he is fighting back.
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Grant Over-Qualifies for Democracy Voucher Program
The former Tenants Union director says he’s got the requisite 400 $10 donations—and then some.
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Old Fire Station and Former Homeless Camp to Become Preschool and Affordable Housing
Fire station 39 in Lake City hosted Nickelsville six years ago. Now, Seattle’s giving it to LIHI.
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Earth 2 Trump: Cross-Country Tour of Resistance Launches in Seattle
The Center for Biological Diversity began its 16-city anti-Trump tour on Monday.
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Ellen Taft, Seattle’s Dogged Dog Watchdog, Calls for a Boycott to Protest Unlicensed Pets
This isn’t Taft’s first rodeo.
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Here Come Democracy Vouchers!
Little slips of civic engagement are heading to a mailbox near you.
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How Politics Surprised Us, and Didn’t, in 2016
Nationally few things were predictable. Locally, few things weren’t.
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Seattle Group Hopes to Stage ‘Social Media Blackout’ On Inauguration Day
‘To protest the apparent intentions of the Trump presidency and to demand that more is done to combat…
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Authorities Approve Youth Jail, Leaving the Job of Obstruction to Activists
Is #NoNewYouthJail the new #BlockTheBunker?
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Bernie Supporters Seem to Be Staging a Revolt in the Washington Democratic Party
Progressives want Tina Podlodowski, not Jaxon Ravens, to lead the state party.
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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.
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The Estimated Cost of the Hanford Cleanup Just Went Up By Four *Billion* Dollars
But will the Trump administration go for the plan?
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Hotel Industry Files Suit Against Hotel Workers’ Initiative
Less than a month after I-124 became law, three hospitality associations sued the City of Seattle.
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The Homeless People Who Died in King County in 2016
These are our neighbors who died without a place to call home.
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How #ManInTree Showed Us the Reality of Mental Health Treatment in 2016
Cody Lee Miller is finally receiving the treatment he needs. The only question is why he had to…
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People Thought the New City Council Would Take a Back Seat to the Mayor in 2016. Think Again.
At the start of the year, a slate of new councilmembers elected by district took office. Then they…
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Yeah, 2016 Definitely Sucked, But At Least…
The Sounders won! Light-rail expanded! And even Bertha had an OK year.