Economics

https://youtu.be/0nCT8h8gO1g Hasan Minhaj explains the downsides of the growing cruise ship industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW764dXEI_8 The history of racism in cities and development persists today even though red lining and racist covenants on property are no longer legal.

Seattle is now on the path toward an high-income earner tax. Boosters of the Trump-Proof Seattle movement are asking that the City of Seattle...

Is Seattle allowing rail to wither on the vine? Northwest of Downtown Seattle, there is a frequently overlooked asset in the fight against climate change....

In September, the City of Seattle released the Internet for All Seattle Report. This report follows the City's July 27th resolution to establish the...

The mega wealthy are gaining even greater wealth thanks to Trump tax cuts while hundreds of thousands people are set to lose health care, food stamps, child care, and K-12 educational necessities. The Washington State Legislature should pass progressive funding to maintain and rebuild public services, John Burbank argues.

A few years ago, Seattle ran an interesting experiment on radically densifying low rise neighborhoods with microhousing--a typology of small, minimal units that provide...

The City of Seattle released new construction data on January 15th and it shows a remarkable amount of new building. There were 8,311 housing...