Civics and Culture

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Stay Warm and Travel Safely in the Seattle Metro Area as Cold and Snow...

Freezing temperatures and snow are headed to Western Washington, where moss and drizzle are more common winter sights than snow drifts. During the week...

Sunday Video: Social Housing As A Policy Solution

Dave Amos at City Beautiful talks about the history social housing in the United States and whether it's a policy solution worth pursuing again....

New Seattle Clinic to Provide Post-Overdose Stabilization Services

Last week, the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) celebrated the grand opening of its new Downtown Behavioral Health Clinic. Included onsite is its Opioid Recovery & Care Access (ORCA) Center, which will provide a safe landing place for people to recover after an overdose. 

Sunday Video: Secretary Pete Talks Transportation with CityLab

https://youtu.be/aiX2n4DVLZI Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stopped by Bloomberg CityLab's 2021 conference to talk about the Biden administration's outlook on transportation and priorities.

Sunday Video: How The Next President Could Change Policing

https://youtu.be/SHePglP28CM The outcome of the election could determine the fate of policing in America. Vox explains what qualified immunity is and its vast impact on...

Sunday Video: Is Coffee Bean Soup?

While a non-trivial portion of Emerald City's economy (and, honestly, personality) is coffee based, we don't often take the time to consider what our...

I Don’t Know What a Trolley is, Part I

  We're sitting at Third and Seneca northbound on the 3, a trolley bus. The passenger in front asks me what my favorite routes are. "I...

Sunday Video: How Fracking Became America’s Money Pit

https://youtu.be/jFWHxZpF9rc It turns out that fracking is not as lucrative as it was once thought, Bloomberg Quicktake explains.