Culture A walk through Ravenna, now and then In Seattle's Ravenna neighborhod, from top: new urban housing, the Varsity Restaurant, and National Barricade's wares. (Steve Scher) by Steve Scher / August 10, 2007
Culture Waking up with the Pike Place Market (1) The lottery for day stalls. (2) Donuts! (3) The seafood is ready. (4) A broken tile. (5) The market empty, but not for long. (6) Fruit ready for sale. (All: Steve Scher) by Steve Scher / June 26, 2007
Environment Inside the tumultuous debate behind Seattle’s tree ordinance The debate over more density or more tree canopy got personal as developers clashed with the city’s Urban Forestry Commission. by Eric Scigliano / September 1, 2023 / Updated at 9:40 a.m. on Sept. 3
Environment How politics have stalled tsunami prep efforts on the WA coast It’s not a matter of if but when the tsunami comes. Whether Washington is prepared depends a lot on the will of voters. by Eric Scigliano / May 26, 2022 / Updated at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 16
Opinion As support for a business tax in King County builds, should progressives celebrate? Suddenly Amazon and other corporate backers are willing to make a concession — but only to avoid a larger one. by Katie Wilson / February 5, 2020
Opinion The anti-Bezos may be coming, but he won’t save us More than benevolent billionaires, what we really need is democracy. by Katie Wilson / January 29, 2020
Opinion For decades, Paul Dorpat chronicled — and lived out — Seattle's weirdness The prolific local historian talks art, counterculture, and the importance of knowing the history of where you live. by Katie Wilson / January 22, 2020
Opinion Who’s afraid of rent control? The history and politics of making rent less damn high, in Seattle and beyond. by Katie Wilson / January 6, 2020
Opinion The decade progressives started fighting for themselves Seattleites of the future will remember the 2010s for the first stirrings of a new movement. by Katie Wilson / December 26, 2019
Opinion Odd jobs in The Emerald City Looking back on my first year in Seattle, it's the work that comes back. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2019