Civics and Culture

The 70th annual Honor Awards showcase Seattle's flourishing architectural design community. I'll always hold a soft spot in my heart for the old Burke Museum...

https://youtu.be/To8PwGTMBoY Marijuana legalization and drug decriminalization took a big leap forward this year. Arrests and prosecution of drug possession and sale has been disproportionate, but...

What will we call each other sixty years from now? Sixty years ago we thought we knew. We didn't. Some of it won't be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJesS4zH2GI Davos Amos ask how big cities can get. Many megacities, largely defined as over 10 million people, are rapidly growing in industrialized countries. But...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLgpck2i7A Johnny Harris steps back in time to find out why New York City became so successful and huge even in the age of burgeoning...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F07yTI0J3Qk Vox explains why eviction is a crisis in America and what might or might not be done about it.

This post is a thematic sister to this post. --- I will look back on these days with wonder. I will remember the texture of the...

https://youtu.be/vaThx7z6e0M As of Saturday morning, Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris have been declared President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States. They will...