Earlier this month, we did a slightly deeper dive into what the hell is up with Council President Sara Nelson’s sudden interest in reviving a failed plan to rezone SoDo for residential housing. Is it about adding housing? Or is it a giveaway to a billionaire friend? Kind of a long story.
Last Wednesday was the final day for bills to make it out of their house of origin in the Washington State legislature. While many bills still in play are worth paying attention to, I want to focus on a pair that didn’t make the cut: Senate Bill 5233 and House Bill 1445.
Rising inflation, surging poverty, and the looming threat of mass unemployment—are we reliving the 1930s, or glimpsing America's future in the 2030s? At the federal level, it's clear who is driving the chaos and distress through program cuts and job losses.
I absolutely adore Andrea Dworkin. But before you dive into her writing, let me give you a little warning first: You’ll never look at pictures of naked women the same way again. I’m not just talking about porn. Go to an art museum and, if you’re fresh off Dworkin, you might be the least fun person there. Klimt, Collier, Modigliani, Gaugin—your ability to love their depictions of nudity might be among the casualties of your...
Good morning! And welcome to the last full day of winter. Tomorrow is the Spring Equinox, which means we get 12 hours of daylight, and the promise of 9 p.m. sunsets in our future. But for today it’s still winter, and we get the same weather as yesterday: highs in the low 50s, a little rainy. The usual Winter Special. Welcome Party: Yesterday, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams came back to Earth. After...