Can Seattle Increase Bathroom Access for Homeless People During the COVID Outbreak?
It is never easy to live unsheltered. Research shows that the stresses imposed by homelessness prematurely age the body by 10 to 20 years beyond individuals’ chronological...
Pedestrians Wonder Where to Go as Mayor Durkan Closes 15 Major Parks
In a move to combat coronavirus spread, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced yesterday that 15 of Seattle's largest or most popular parks would be closed...
Safe At Home: The Battle to Control the COVID Narrative
One of my favorite webcomics was the short-lived Minus. Beautifully painted, surreal, often touching, there is no place for it on the Internet. It...
Advocates Urge City to Open More Streets to Pedestrians and Cyclists During the COVID-19...
Last week Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets (RVGSS) submitted a letter to the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan requesting that the...
Don’t Blame Density for Pandemics
If you're a newspaper columnist or governor of New York, a pandemic is a great time to trot out medieval myths, repackage them like...
West Seattle Bridge Closes for Emergency Repair Work as Governor Issues Stay at Home...
The West Seattle Bridge is closed until further notice. Mayor Jenny Durkan said the bridge "cannot safely support vehicular traffic at this time" at...
Transit Cuts Are On The Way for Every Corner of Seattle
Yesterday King County Metro announced broad service cuts affecting nearly every route starting on Monday March 23, while Sound Transit is also reducing service...
Doing Journalism in Pandemic Mode
These obviously aren't normal times. The economy is teetering, election systems are straining, and hospitals are preparing for a deluge of cases. Many parts...