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    Inside the Fight to Bring Parole Back to Washington State Nearly 3,000 people are serving life sentences in Washington prisons….

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    Inside the Fight to Bring Parole Back to Washington State Nearly 3,000 people are serving life sentences in Washington prisons….

    Illustration by Tim Durning
    Inside the Fight to Bring Parole Back to...
    By Sara Bernard • February 22, 2017 1:30 am

    Nearly 3,000 people are serving life sentences in Washington prisons. Should they be offered a chance at freedom?

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Educators discuss the importance of making ethnic studies mandatory in Seattle schools on MLK Day. Photos by Sara Bernard.
    NAACP Launches Movement to Make Ethnic Studies Mandatory...
    By Sara Bernard • January 18, 2017 7:30 am

    Educators and advocates want to dismantle institutionalized racism. Step one: Change the curriculum.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    A protester outside the Wells Fargo building in downtown Seattle. Photography by Alex Garland
    So You Want to Divest from DAPL. Will...
    By Sara Bernard • January 6, 2017 11:30 am

    Conventional wisdom says putting your money where your values are will cost you. But that’s changing.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment NewsletterTagged Environment
    Local activist and artist Nikkita Oliver sings at the #Earth2Trump event in Seattle. Photo by Sara Bernard.
    Earth 2 Trump: Cross-Country Tour of Resistance Launches...
    By Sara Bernard • January 18, 2017 2:30 pm

    The Center for Biological Diversity began its 16-city anti-Trump tour on Monday.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Head North for the Perfect Presents This Holiday Season
    Head North for the Perfect Presents This Holiday...
    By Jacob Uitti • December 14, 2016 1:30 am

    Bellingham has it all.

    Posted in Arts & CultureTagged Giving Guide 2016
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    How to Spend Your Holiday in Seattle’s Fishing...
    By Jacob Uitti • November 30, 2016 1:30 am

    Ballard has plenty of shops for your gift-giving needs. Here are our picks.

    Posted in Arts & CultureTagged Giving Guide 2016
    Protesters on the oil train tracks in Anacortes in May 2016. Photo by Sara Bernard.
    What Senator Ericksen’s Anti-Protest Bill Gets Wrong About...
    By Sara Bernard • November 17, 2016 2:00 pm

    Many climate activists in Washington already face criminal charges — including felonies.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    4,000 King County Residents Will Get Free Health Care Today Through Sunday
    4,000 King County Residents Will Get Free Health...
    By Casey Jaywork • October 27, 2016 7:00 am

    Even after Obamacare, local demand for affordable healthcare remains unsated.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    The Candidates Whose Funders Oppose a Higher Minimum Wage
    The Candidates Whose Funders Oppose a Higher Minimum...
    By Casey Jaywork • October 25, 2016 3:26 pm

    Union-backed Working Washington has a new website that follows the money trails of I-1433 opponents.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Seattle’s Virtual Road to Transcendence
    Seattle’s Virtual Road to Transcendence
    By Kelton Sears • October 12, 2016 1:30 am

    The most interesting VR developers in town aren’t making video games—they want to make us more human.

    Posted in Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture Newsletter, Home, News & Comment Newsletter
    Illustration by Joshua Boulet
    Some Sea-Tac Employers Still Not Paying Minimum Wage
    By Sara Bernard • October 5, 2016 3:00 pm

    So two more firms filed five new class action lawsuits.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment
    Ethiopian Immigrants March Against Brutal Regime
    Ethiopian Immigrants March Against Brutal Regime
    By Casey Jaywork • August 16, 2016 5:14 pm

    The government has recently killed and disappeared hundreds of people.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment
    Mayor, Police Chief, Community Members Respond to Police Killings in Dallas
    Mayor, Police Chief, Community Members Respond to Police...
    By Sara Bernard • July 8, 2016 4:30 pm

    “One of the things I know is violence begets violence. We can’t continue to hurt one another.”

    Posted in News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Everyone Seems to Be Calling for a Moratorium on Oil Trains But Governor Inslee
    Everyone Seems to Be Calling for a Moratorium...
    By Sara Bernard • June 23, 2016 11:30 am

    Greens to protest oil trains and our “greenest governor” at Friday’s Obama/Inslee fundraiser.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Rally Shows the Feds How Seattle Feels About Coal
    Rally Shows the Feds How Seattle Feels About...
    By Sara Bernard • June 21, 2016 3:00 pm

    Not too many coal supporters at this public hearing.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    A New Effort in Seattle Aims to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts
    A New Effort in Seattle Aims to Stop...
    By Sara Bernard • June 17, 2016 1:00 pm

    “We’re not a Chicago, we’re not a Baltimore…. We don’t want to get there, either.”

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Expand Social Security, Council Tells Feds
    Expand Social Security, Council Tells Feds
    By Casey Jaywork • June 14, 2016 4:46 pm

    The resolution highlights SSI’s most vulnerable participants.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
    Report: Seattle African Americans Make 58 Cents For Each Dollar Earned by White Counterparts
    Report: Seattle African Americans Make 58 Cents For...
    By Julia-Grace Sanders • May 18, 2016 1:30 am

    The new study ranks Seattle low in terms of paying African Americans and Latinos as compared to whites.

    Posted in Home, News & Comment, News & Comment Newsletter
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