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Report: Seattle African Americans Make 58 Cents For Each Dollar Earned by White Counterparts
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The new study ranks Seattle low in terms of paying African Americans and Latinos as compared to whites.
Read moreIn Court and on Campus, Claims of Discrimination and Institutional Inaction Cloud UW
Published 1:30am Friday, May 13, 2016
A discrimination trial gets a hung jury the same day students rally.
Read moreKarl Blau Takes a Nashville Turn With Producer Tucker Martine as His Guide
Published 1:30am Thursday, May 12, 2016
The indie mainstay finds new life in songs from another place and another time.
Read moreMaking the Law Work for Sex Workers
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The national media has picked up on what Seattle advocates have been saying for a while: It’s time to rethink the prohibition against prostitution.
Read moreThe Top Twenty Things to Do This Week
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Damien Jurado, the Transgender Film Festival, Working Stiffs, and more.
Read moreAssphalt: Is It OK to Ask My Uber Driver Where He’s From?
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 11, 2016
What is the etiquette of broaching the subject of nation of origin?
Read moreSky High in Skyway: Is There Too Much Pot South of the Seattle Border?
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Some people are concerned about the cluster of recreational marijuana stores in the diverse neighborhoods of Skyway and White Center.
Read moreReclaiming Milton Babbitt, America’s Most Polarizing Composer
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 4, 2016
It was clickbait before its time. In 1958 composer Milton Babbitt submitted a thinkpiece to High Fidelity magazine under the benign title “The Composer as ... Read more
In Firing Choir Teacher, Seattle Public Schools Is Sending a Terrible Message to Teen Girls
Published 1:30am Wednesday, May 4, 2016
A week and a half ago, sacked teacher Carol Burton won an appeal to get back her job teaching choir at Garfield High School. But ... Read more
The Top 15 Things to Do This Week
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Bleached, Erik Blood, weed, fatherhood, and more.
Read moreExploring the Secret Lives of Bus Drivers
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Stokley Towles takes a long look at the people who see us every day.
Read moreWriting People of Color Into Environmental Policy
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 27, 2016
There is a lot to be gained by inviting more voices into the discussion.
Read moreStash Box: Cooking With Cannabis
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 27, 2016
There are times when smoking is just not an option.
Read moreAs Movement Against Standardized Testing Takes Shape, High Stakes Abound
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Many Seattle parents, teachers, and students are joining forces to battle the assessment machine. But is this a fight they can win?
Read moreWhy Did SHARE Confiscate Bus Passes Donated By the City?
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Ballard tent city residents accuse the homeless service of hording bus passes to funnel people to an ongoing protest downtown.
Read moreShrugging Off the Cynicism in Amazon’s Move to House the Homeless
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Whatever part Amazon is playing in this widespread crisis, this week’s news provides an important affirmation that this is everybody’s problem.
Read moreSpekulation Continues Local Hip-Hop’s Uncle Ike’s Resistance
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 20, 2016
“I don’t think Uncle Ike’s is the cause of the problem,” Watson notes, “but I’ll be damned if it isn’t a perfect metaphor.”
Read moreSHARE Confiscated Dozens of Bus Passes from Homeless Campers
Published 1:30am Saturday, April 16, 2016
The day before April Fools, a city employee donated several dozen ORCA transit passes to the campers at Tent City 5 in Ballard. An elected ... Read more
Aiming for Crime, Hitting the Homeless
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The Neighborhood Safety Alliance is growing in influence. But will it be driven by fear or love, pull the city up or down in its ... Read more
How Seattle Is Giving Wage Laws Some Teeth
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 6, 2016
April 1 marked the first anniversary of Seattle’s minimum-wage and wage-theft ordinances; both officially took effect on April 1, 2015, and as of January 1, ... Read more