It’s no secret that housing is a big deal in Seattle. As our region’s grown, so has the magnitude of our county’s homelessness crisis. Will the shiny new apartment towers be balanced out with enough more affordable housing? That feeling of urgency prompted reader J.J. to ask us this question… “Why can’t the City of Seattle just take land […]

We live in crazy times. Far-right agitators—from white-nationalist leader Richard Spencer to recent pariah Milo Yiannopoulos—have sparked renewed interest in what types of speech are protected. Some on the left find themselves wanting to ban, stifle, or prohibit certain types of speech, especially speech they feel has been weaponized for use against historically disempowered communities. […]

Three days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, political science associate professor Jack Turner was teaching a class on feminist political theory when a visibly upset student raised her hand and asked to be excused. When the student explained she’d seen two neo-Nazi recruitment flyers outside of Raitt Hall, Turner suggested the class go check them out. […]