Op-Ed: Those Maimed by ‘Less Lethal’ Weapons Oppose Re-arming Police with Them
The Seattle City Council is set to vote Tuesday to formally re-authorize use of "less lethal" crowd control weapons, like the blast balls that seriously injured folks like me in the summer of 2020. It sends exactly the wrong message around police accountability and reform.
After the Storm
You know how the 44 generally is around midday. Scattered students, errand runners, the occasional Ballard drunk and myself drifting back and forth on...
Op-Ed: Seattle Should End the Polluting Blue Angels Airshow
Environmental activists and critics of US militarism are joining together to protest against Seattle's loud, polluting Blue Angels airshow. Here's the case for having the courage to end this tradition.
The Great Male Detoxification Project
---*Trigger warning: discussions of street harassment and sexual assault.*---
A female friend of mine once got on my bus while being chased by a volatile...
City Council Landmarks Key Arena and Grants Greenwood Rezone
On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved a slate of landmarks in Uptown and rezoned a property in Greenwood to facilitate a mixed-use development...
Urbanist Hopes for 2019
Team Urbanism took some lumps in 2018, but there's plenty of opportunities to turn the tables and advance the cause in 2019. Our writers...
Seattle Will Provide Free Transit to All Public High School Students
All public high school students in Seattle will receive free transit passes under a plan to encourage transit ridership both in the immediate and...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: State of the (Seattle) Union
The most lasting advice I received in art school was to "think about how I think." To question why I respond this or that...