Judy Lightfoot
Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
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King County, Seattle sharpen tools for defending workers against wage theft
For five years Washington state’s Wage Payment Act has been defending workers against wage theft by their employers. Nearly a year after Seattle acted, King County is about to vote on its own form of protection.
A gift of peace from John T. Williams' family
On Sunday (Feb. 26), a totem pole carved by the Williams family and others to commemorate native woodcarver John T. Williams will be carried in a procession from downtown to Seattle Center, where it will be ceremonially raised at its permanent home. The public is invited.
'The very poor' can climb out of poverty but only if we let them
The fact that millions of fellow citizens are trapped in poverty is on our minds, and not only because of a Mitt Romney remark. A UW panel proposed a few remedies.
Seattle flailing in search for better police-community ties
When SPD and the community disagree, says a key city leader, there needs to be a place to go where all sides routinely gather to solve problems together. But a meeting to discuss one model turns tense.