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Civics and Culture

Meetup Video: June 2021 with Lorena González

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfnwcpmTDpQ Seattle City Council President M. Lorena González was first elected to her citywide seat in 2015. This year, she is running for Mayor. In this...

Sunday Video: A Race to Seven Modes in Seattle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYnJdylkjPM Dave Amos visited Seattle very recently and rode seven kinds of transit in Seattle. He wanted to see how long it would take to...

Meetup Video: November 2020 with Erica C. Barnett

https://youtu.be/-vPUYUiL-XY In November, independent journalist Erica C. Barnett of Publicola joined as the guest speaker for our monthly meetup. Barnett touched a bunch of topics,...

Seattle Keeps Growing Despite the ‘Dying’ Pronouncements

Conservatives keep saying Seattle is dying, but repetition hasn't made it true. Despite the gloom and doomsday pronouncements, Seattle is very much alive and...

Right Up Our Alley

Visit Europe and the alleys are alive. They are a place for people with active uses filling up the storefronts. Sure, they still have...

Eviction Defense Bills Pass Out of Committee with Pedersen Dissenting

The Seattle City Council's Renters' Rights Committee passed three bills providing further protections from evictions and rejected a bevy of amendments from Councilmember Alex...

Midweek Video: Sound Transit’s New Trains to More Places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YImjvDFOt-E Sound Transit has rolled out new Series 2 (Siemens S700) light rail trains. The agency showcases the features of their new trains that will...

Sunday Video: Tokyo Has Built The World’s Best Subway

https://youtu.be/FFpG3yf3Rxk The B1M says that Tokyo has the world’s best subway system. In this video, they explain why.