Civics and Culture

Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The group known as...

"Wait, what kinda music?" There'd been a long pause lasting several stops. With some folks you can comfortably switch in and out of silence during...

On a long enough timeline, all clothes worn in the elements turn brown. It's a muted shade of that hue which cloaks these two...

We're all familiar with vintage cartoons like The Jetsons (Orbit City) and Batman (Gotham City) that depict an urban futurism that seems, now, all too unlikely — at...

Questions and answers about accessing cities and neighborhoods once spoke the language of exit ramps, street widening and parking adequacy. Now, different conversations, and...

I feel a sense of comfort when low-income or working class people get on. Maybe it's because I come from a similar background. It...

  I'm telling them about 12th Avenue, by way of the microphone. "Okay here's 12th Avenue, 12th, good for Youth Services, Labor Union Hall, King...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xctzp0dp9uc It's a typical train commute on a cold morning in Perth, Australia... until passengers are invited to participate in a group singalong of Over the Rainbow. Initiated by a group...