Civics and Culture

Does the NHL Need to Be at Northgate’s Front Door?

At a press conference earlier this week, the CEO of National Hockey League (NHL) Seattle announced Seattle's new NHL team will be siting their...

New Documentary Tells the Story of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt

Documentary filmmaker and UW Bothell professor Minda Martin was a recent arrival to Seattle when she first stumbled by accident on the Ramps to...

Sunday Video: Don’t Blame Scooters. Blame The Streets.

https://youtu.be/c2YInNlzMDQ In this video, Vox looks at e-scooters and the challenges of streets that they must share. 

Shake’N’Bake III: Skip-Stopping and Newbies

This is a follow-up to a recent story on sleepers, newbies and working together. Click here for an addendum on sleepers; this follow-up is about newbie drivers and...

Forward Thrust Part 4: Carrying Forward Thrust’s Ambition Into 2018 and Beyond

The 1968 and 1970 Forward Thrust campaign was a slate of 13 ballot initiatives, put before voters in Seattle and King County to correct...

What Does a Sanctuary City Look and Feel Like?

"Displaced: Design For Inclusive Cities" Contest Winners Envision Cities That Welcome, Support, And Empower Refugees and Migrants Despite the Trump administration's recent decision to reduce...

Shake’N’Bake II: Nathan on Sleepers

This was going to be a footnote to my previous story, but it was getting too long– and too important! Sleepers are a major element...

On the Shake’N’Bake

​She stepped aboard, wrinkling her nose. "What is that smell? Something's gone absolutely rancid in here!""Ooh, rancid," I said. "I love your word choice!""Well, that's what...