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WA spent $5B over past decade on homelessness, housing programs
The money has helped accelerate housing construction in the state, but there’s still only one affordable home for every five households that need one.
Ashli Blow
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal
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Seattle Animal Shelter accused of safety issues, retaliation
Dog handlers and volunteers allege the city-run organization dismissed concerns, failed to warn about risky pets and has fallen behind on reforms.
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Inside Seattle’s burgeoning community of literary translators
A recent visit by Korean-to-English translator Anton Hur exemplified a growing appreciation for the work as an art form in an increasingly diverse city.
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Students in UW tent encampment demand divestment from Israel
The university posted no-camping signs on campus, which protestors changed to read “University of Palestine” and “Camping allowed.”
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UW pro-Gaza encampment expands to over 100, remains peaceful
Two student groups have now set up tents on the Seattle campus quad, demanding the university cut ties with Israel and Boeing.