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Are democracy vouchers enough to keep Seattle elections local?
The 2019 election cycle was a warning sign about big spending. Small donor matching programs could bolster our democracy.
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Recall in Seattle: The roots and realities of a populist process
The effort to remove city councilmember Kshama Sawant is just the latest in a litany of attempted ousters that began in the Progressive Era.
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How Compassion Seattle could shape the mayoral race
The authors of the homelessness initiative have pulled a page from the Tim Eyman playbook, using a hot-button issue that could drive turnout and force candidates to take a stand.
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After Blake, will Washington state repay victims of the war on drugs?
Many now-voided drug convictions came with financial penalties that have plunged people into legal debt.
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Reforms aren’t enough to end ‘us vs. them’ policing in America
Confronting modern policing’s roots in medieval England and American slavery will do more to make us all safer.