Civics and Culture

Addressing our national housing crisis will require a drastic shift in how we think about housing in our society: it needs to become a basic human right — something we are all entitled to and therefore something our government works to deliver.

Seattle will tax short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb. But a formal regulatory framework for them still remains uncharted. On Monday, the Seattle City Council delayed...

Reviving community court isn’t a simple fix for Seattle’s criminal legal system — pre-filing diversion programs are more effective, cost less money, and avoid the harmful consequences of prosecution. Here's one Seattle City Attorney candidate's plan.

I didn't understand what was going on. There were three passengers left. A silent young African-American man, possibly a UW student, or else passing...

"How's it going?" I nod to a man clad in brown and black. "I'm great," he says, even though he has a cell phone to...

The Sound Transit board is asleep at the wheel. Riders can see it clearly when they venture onto Link. Walk into any station and...

https://youtu.be/-Tg9IMCKa5M In the 1960s and 1970s, pedestrian malls were seen as a way to save struggling shopping districts in cities across America during the rise...

As previously written, Seattle has 141 Street End shoreline points. A great sampler is accessed by foot or bicycle from the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT)...