Liberals outnumber conservatives for first time in Washington state, Gallup...
Survey data show that until recently, even in reliably blue-voting states, more people identified as conservative than liberal. Just this past year, five more states flipped to liberal-leaning,...
View ArticleSeattle City Council votes to express concern over Tacoma siting of...
The council’s resolution say climate change is a threat to people everywhere in the world and a vital concern for people in Seattle.
View ArticleNew online archive lets you explore Seattle’s 50-year-old ‘Freeway Revolt’
Government engineers had drawn up a freeway over South Lake Union to encircle downtown; a 14-lane version of I-90 that would have trenched the Mount Baker neighborhood rather than pass through tunnels;...
View Article'Baywatch' star, Seattle pet company sued over dog's death
A new lawsuit blames a local pet-sitting company -- and a former "Baywatch" TV star -- for negligence that led to a dog's death. The lawsuit accuses Rover of not doing enough to make sure the people it...
View ArticleSpace Needle redesign will miss summer tourism thanks to delays
Summer is a site to behold in Seattle, and for many a tourist the Space Needle is the site to do it. But this year will be different: The $100 million renovation won't be done in time for this summer's...
View ArticleMalibu bans single-use plastic straws, cutlery
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Malibu has banned single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery. The City Council voted Monday to approve an ordinance prohibiting the sale, distribution and use of the plastic...
View ArticleNewspapers around Washington publish A1 editorials calling for Gov. Jay...
Daily newspapers across the state published front-page editorials urging Inslee to take action on the bill that would exempt the state Legislature from Washington’s Public Records Act.
View ArticleCalifornia gets snow and rain from latest storm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of California’s mountains are sporting new coats of snow, much of it down to low elevations, from the first of two cold weather systems predicted for the state this week. A...
View ArticlePopular Alaska peak weighs new rules for climbers’ poop
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Climbers on North America’s tallest mountain may have to start packing out more of their poop after a researcher determined a glacier in which much of it has been dumped over...
View ArticleCracking the mysteries of the elusive, majestic whale shark
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Scientists have spent time diving with whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands to help solve some of the most enduring mysteries about the biggest shark in the sea....
View ArticleIditarod sled-dog race plagued by cruelty allegations, infighting and doping...
In 45 years of existence, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — the annual 1,000-mile competition in Alaska — has never experienced a stretch as rough as this. A documentary released in the United States...
View ArticleA Bachelorette Party Really Loved the Can Can's Romeo & Juliet
The magic of this burlesque Romeo & Juliet was watching the crowd lust after the performers.by Rich SmithIt doesn't really matter what I think of the Can Can's Romeo & Juliet. Judging by a...
View ArticleEl Grito Taqueria Is Dishing Up Mexican Classics in South Lake Union
Cactus, pulled chicken, and homemade chips on Fairview Avenue North.by Jen SwansonOn a hill above Amazon, South Lake Union's latest Mexican restaurant occasionally feels caught—like Seattle itself—in...
View ArticleFreshwater Is a Novel About Sex, Self-Harm, and Spirits
A review of Akwaeke Emezi's vivid debut novel.by Rich SmithAkwaeke Emezi's Freshwater is a coming-of-age story about a Nigerian woman named Ada whose body is sort of a Grand Central Station for minor...
View Article"I Want to Live in a World That Loves Women, Not Simply a Society That...
Artist C. Davida Ingram on coming up with new frameworks for making images of black women.by Emily PothastThere's a moment in one of the videos in C. Davida Ingram's A Book with No Pages—on view at the...
View ArticleIn Defense of Jazz Fusion
Musical legends Herbie Hancock and Billy Cobham are coming to Seattle, so let's talk about why your jazz-fusion hatred is misguided.by Dave SegalFusion has been denigrated ever since its late-'60s...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from the Man Who Ate Cannabis and Had a Meltdown High Above...
How not to have a marijuana meltdown on an airplane.by Lester BlackThe case is closed against Joseph D. Hudek IV, the 24-year-old man who had a meltdown on a Delta flight last July shortly after the...
View ArticleEurope is so cold now that Arctic appears to be warm escape
LONDON — Much of Europe woke up to yet another day of a cold spell on Wednesday that may have turned the streets of London, Rome and other capitals into pretty photo scenes but also has cost lives...
View ArticleReaders respond: Slow down search for Seattle’s new superintendent, focus on...
In an online survey, Education Lab readers wanted to know exactly how Seattle’s next superintendent will support more students of color — and whether the finalists will commit to sticking around longer...
View ArticleWest Point disaster sent raw sewage into Puget Sound. Surprisingly, the water...
A scientific study finds the impact from last year’s West Point sewage-plant catastrophe was small and brief.
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