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Judkins Park Photographer Centers Indigenous Stewardship in New Book
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (340+ words) Tell me how you decided to write this book. You said that you grew up with your grandma a lot of the time. What was your grandma like? You bring up sovereignty in your book as a powerful place from…...
PHOTO ESSAY | At 'Barbershop, Chat, & Chew' in Rainier Beach, Attendees Get Fades, Shape-Ups, and Space to Talk
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (296+ words) On April 4, dozens of families and community members gathered in the Rainier Beach Community Center gym for "Barbershop, Chat, & Chew," a free annual event where people got haircuts, played chess, and took part in conversations geared toward supporting the community....
South End Life: A CID Program Turns Restaurant Food Waste Into Compost for a Local P-Patch
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (498+ words) Gathering and fermenting food waste from Itsumono is a weekly ritual, while gardeners wait about 8 to 10 weeks for the next compost harvest. The work party supports the operation of a full-cycle neighborhood composting pilot project with food waste contributions from…...
Shaun Scott Joins Got Green and Its Fight for Tenant Rights
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (591+ words) Shaun Scott, the new executive director of Got Green, says the first time he realized he had chosen the right organization to work under was during a protest that Got Green helped organize against the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) at…...
As Detainments Increase, Seattle Dedicates $4 M to Legal Defense of Immigrants
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (546+ words) A $4 million budget increase for the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) will go toward community grants and legal defense for detained immigrants, Mayor Katie Wilson's office announced." Proposed in September 2025 amid a growing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…...
COLUMN | The Millionaires' Tax Won't Block the Sonics' Return
6+ day, 26+ min ago (567+ words) This tax, which was signed into law this week by Gov. Bob Ferguson, places a 9. 9% tax on long-term capital gains and annual income above $1 million, would also direct revenue toward incessantly underfunded public investments. Unsurprisingly, Republican lawmakers have already announced…...
Seattle City Council Passes Bills Limiting Immigration Inquiries, Surveillance Use
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (570+ words) Meanwhile, people speaking during public comment expressed unhappiness with the council, asking it to go further and turn off all SPD closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs). "[Mayor] Katie Wilson refused to shut [the cameras] down,…...
Who's Keeping an Eye on Seattle's Surveillance Cameras?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (487+ words) While Wilson framed the audit as an opportunity to thoroughly evaluate the program during its "pilot" stage, critics and journalists have raised questions about the Policing Project's independence, pointing to the think tank's funders, track record, and connections to current…...
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1+ week, 2+ day ago (16+ words) South End Life: Southeast Seattle PTAs Have a Fundraising Goal for Their Schools " Equity'South Seattle Emerald...
DOOM LOOP: Mercer Island Light Rail
1+ week, 4+ day ago (147+ words) DOOM LOOP is a serialized fictional cartoon from South End author and comic Brett Hamil. Check in every Sunday for a new installment! You can now buy the latest Doom Loop collection, It's Never This Nice, at'Brett Hamil. Big Cartel....