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Civics and Culture

The Patchwork City: What Gaps and Overlaps in City Boundaries Tell Us about Values

I. Those Left Out: Skyway and Bryn Mawr It is budget season. Throughout Washington, cities are creating budgets that reflect the dual impacts of pandemic...

Sunday Video: How The Next President Could Change Policing

https://youtu.be/SHePglP28CM The outcome of the election could determine the fate of policing in America. Vox explains what qualified immunity is and its vast impact on...

How to Drive the 7, Pt IV of IV: Route 49 Southbound

We went to the Valley. We went back through town. We came up here. How hard can this last leg be? Well, as it...
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19 Black Leaders Decline Invite to Durkan’s Equitable Communities Task Force

Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the membership of her hand-picked Equitable Community task force Wednesday and prominent Black-led group like King County Equity Now and...

Sunday Video: Is There A Future In 3-D Printing of Buses?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcZxwTAVEM Bloomberg QuickTake looks at a company that is using 3-D printing to tool all sorts of vehicles, including mini-buses. Could this be a significant...

How to Drive the 7, Pt III of IV: Route 49 Northbound

Where were we. That’s right. We’d just come all the way up from Rainier, and are now in the middle of the right turn...

Sunday Video: How Conquistadors Designed Cities in the Americas

https://youtu.be/4aJ0tRd10I4 Dave Amos of City Beautiful explains the history of city design in the Americas, which were shaped by the Spanish Conquistadors.

How to Drive the 7, Pt II of IV: 7N, Henderson to Pike

Okay, let’s get out of here. You got down here okay. Now let’s go back up. (this is the second in a series of...