Seattle

You’re compassionate, so why aren’t you helping homeless people? Shankar Vedantam explains

This is Shankar Vedantam’s interview with Kim Malcolm, which was so good we transcribed it (lightly edited for clarity).

Seattle youth shelter moves into old fraternity house

Seattle youth shelter moves into old fraternity house

Health

Feverish or sneezy? Step right into this Seattle flu kiosk

Health officials want to map out where the flu bug hits Seattle this season, and they're asking people with fever and sneezing to help out.

Arts & Life

Seattle's creative sector: Foundation of the new economy?

Some experts say Seattle’s workforce wasn’t prepared for the high-paying jobs that came with Amazon and other big tech companies in the city. They say that paved the way for an influx of thousands of outside workers; they claimed to claim those job, driving up the cost of living and driving out many service sector workers…and artists.

Politics

Can ‘universal rent control’ get Kshama Sawant re-elected this November?

Rent control is illegal in Washington State but that’s not stopping Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant from fighting for it. An unapologetic Marxist, Sawant anticipates a vicious fight for that proposal against developers, and what she calls “the Capitalist class.”

Politics

Seattle’s got a pothole problem. These teens want more than a temporary fix

Seattle is ranked the 11th worst city in the United States for road conditions.

Politics

Friday politics: Is a bus ride a ticket out of homelessness?

KUOW's Angela King talks with Seattle Channel's Joni Balter and Q13's C.R. Douglas about new proposals to help ease the homelessness crisis in the Seattle metro area.

Environment

A new resolution on Seattle's tree canopy