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Civics and Culture

Redmond Summer Reading Program: Meet the Author (Video)

Just a quick video for today, this time my reflections on why my book, The Lines that Make Us, is what it is, what...

Sunday Video: How Did Planners Design Soviet Cities?

https://youtu.be/JGVBv7svKLo Regardless of how you feel about Russian communism, Soviet planners were very consistent in their approach to developing cities and building communities. Across different...

CHOP’s Juneteenth ‘Black Out’ Disrupted by Shooting, One Black Man Dead

Black organizers planned a Black takeover or "Black Out" of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) during Juneteenth. However that celebration of Blackness was...

Soft Opening for a Hard Won Trail

It’s been forty years since the first segments of the Burke-Gilman Trail opened, replacing parts of Seattle’s railway infrastructure with bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares....

Amid Pandemic Recovery, More Transit Service and Fare Restoration Coming to Puget Sound

Several more transit agencies in Puget Sound are adding back more transit service and fares as the region recovers from the initial Covid-19 pandemic...

Via to Transit On-Demand Shuttle Service Is Back

Social distancing and hygiene best practices will be incorporated into operations, but driver welfare remains a concern. Starting June 22th, Via to Transit, King County...

Eliminate the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Part Two

America's most regressive social policy has entrenched the racial wealth gap. It's time for it to go. This article is the second half...

Sunday Video: The 1850s Map That Changed How We Fight Outbreaks

https://youtu.be/VJ86D_DtyWg The story of Dr. John Snow and the London Cholera 1854 Outbreak transformed epidemiology and our use of maps to track deadly outbreaks of...