Culture
Seattle and Brooklyn: a tale of two waterfronts
A Brooklyn waterfront park-in-progress shares many of the same traits and problems with our own waterfront dreams; a compare and contrast imparts a few insights and lessons.
Bob Royer
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Seattle & King County
The many lives and names of a woman journalist
Sent to fetch some papers for an Olympia newspaper, the 20-year-old rookie reporter, who would became a powerful society editor at "The Seattle Times," returned hours later. "How long does it take to get those papers?" her boss screamed. "Oh that," she said, "I was out covering a shooting and ended
Tech
Washington's non-profit safety net dilemma
Cuts to the state budget mean many Washingtonians are leaning harder on non-profits for basic services. What does that mean for the organizations they're turning to?
Politics
Memo to Mayor McGinn's staff
At the start of a new administration, staffers should think about how to help their guy fill this eerily quiet place with life, accomplishment, meaning. Some advice from two who have been there, done that.
Equity
Dave Beck: Seattle's great up-from-under saga
A driven, brilliant man, Beck came up on the Skid Road side of Seattle and for a while almost ran the town. Here's the story of his rise to head the Teamsters, his fall, and the curiously moving years after he got out of prison.