Civics and Culture

Sunday Video: Why You Don’t Hear About The Ozone Layer Anymore

https://youtu.be/CaLOiGEDPJQ Vox recounts how the international community came together to combat depletion of the ozone layer and why the ozone layer is no longer of...

Six Urbanist Holiday Movies That Don’t Happen In New York

It's been a year, and we've said some questionable things. As we draw to a close the grand national celebration of colonization and move...

Holiday Video: What’s Wrong With Gas Stoves?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2aZUav-54&t=573s Climate Town takes on the topic of gas stoves and the natural gas industry. Is it time to bury those stoves and the industry?

Sound Transit’s Escalators and Elevators Are Broken Too Often, But A Better System Lies...

Escalators and elevators are a persistent problem for Sound Transit. The agency has had constant troubles at newer facilities like Capitol Hill and University...
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Seattle’s Free Community College Program Grows in Size and Impact

Three years ago, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy, which included funding for two years of free community college to...

Sunday Video: The Trains That Subsidize Suburbia

https://youtu.be/vxWjtpzCIfA Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes shows how Toronto's GO Transit commuter rail is primarily setup to subsidize the suburbs without providing real, regular...

Is the Progressive Media Landscape in Seattle Drying Up?

Crosscut's opinion section is dead, the publication's new executive editor M. David Lee III announced last week. The move will deprive Seattle of another...

Sunday Video: Will Texas’ High-Speed Rail Stations Be Any Good?

https://youtu.be/M-6e-mJ7hTI City Beautiful looks at where Texas Central’s high-speed rail stations might go and their potential once trains start arriving. Texas Central’s station location approach...