Politics
Washington caucuses: Obama's magic rubs off in Ballard
First of a series: Former cynics find each other in a living room where inspiration and perspiration meet. Their charge is to get out the vote, one doorbell at a time.
Lisa Brunette
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Politics
Seattle is a ghost town for ghost bikes?
There's a new and growing effort to memorialize cyclists hit by motor vehicles — and in the process, raise awareness for bicycle safety and sharing the road. The first "ghost bike [http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/30/ghost-bikes-memorial.html]" reportedly appeared in St. Louis, Mo., when Patrick Va
Equity
For homeless women, an alternative to couch-surfing
Services like Jubilee Women's Center, a transitional-housing and training nonprofit, are seeing increasing numbers of homeless single women. But because they tend to stay off the streets, it's not easy to find them and reach out.
Culture
Seattle fails the button test
In the absence of SWAG (stuff we all get) from official Obama campaign channels, a bounty of homemade political buttons has surfaced in Seattle. Certainly they lack the slick messaging of Clinton's campaign, or even Obama's advertorially smart O logo [http://www.barackobama.com/], but they character
Politics
A rush 'hour' that lasts all day?
The folks at Sound Transit really want you to take an online survey [http://future.soundtransit.org/] to help them do what voters said shouldn't be done via Proposition 1. To get you into proper survey-taking mood, the entry to the survey page states: "Studies show that by 2030, rush 'hour' could la