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3/8/23: A HEROIC STRUGGLE
Mar 7th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

‘Salish Geek’ artist fights for his life; Constantine wants to redevelop county-owned downtown blocks; ‘missing middle housing’ bill passes state House; should port commissioners care about social justice?

3/3/23: WEAVING A STORY
Mar 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Suquamish basket maker gets a national arts award; Nordstrom’s quitting Canada; more resignations at the Seattle Human Rights Commission; what’s missing from Comic Con this year.

3/2/23: THE LURE OF MOISTURE
Mar 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Hyping rain as a reason to visit Seattle; Starbucks white-collar staffers diss its labor policies; Seattle’s lost many trees (many of them on city land) in recent years; the death of an infamous woman who lived pseudonymously around here.

3/1/23: MOVING MEMORIES
Feb 28th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Marking 22 years since the Nisqually quake (and 23 years since an infamous dot-com commercial); the sometimes-brutal toll of Amazon warehouse work; food banks prepare for a slash to federal SNAP benefits.

2/28/23: SOCKS OF CHANGE
Feb 27th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Coalition tries to help street people (not just scatter them); protest wants county jail closed due to ‘inhumane’ conditions; could Bezos want to buy the Seahawks?; no, affluent white males are not today’s biggest victims.

2/21/23: AN INDIE ‘CHAIN’ STORE
Feb 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

The simple beauty of ‘soul chains;’ social-housing initiative passes, now what?; federal judge says Starbucks can’t fire union organizers; should Alaska chinook-salmon fishing be banned to save the orcas?

2/7/23: DOUBLY BITTER SCENES
Feb 6th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Traumatic local-theater moments on and off stage; Catholic hospitals grow while Catholic churches shrink; awaiting Microsoft’s next big AI announcement and wondering where this newest tech-hype will really lead.

2/2/23: IN THE ‘TIME’ ZONE
Feb 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Love expressed for Taco Time NW, while Beth’s Cafe reopens at last; Tammy Morales wants to stay on the City Council (unlike four colleagues); is Amazon trying to de-emphasize direct online sales?

1/27/23: CONVENTION-AL THINKING
Jan 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Your chance to see the new Convention Center complex; activists announce City Council runs; solving homelessness will have a price tag; your chance to help me out by buying cool old stuff.

1/25/23: FROM ‘EAST TEXAS’ TO THE FAR EAST
Jan 24th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Remembering cartoonist Michael Dougan; Xbox ‘sleep’ mode and absurd conspiracy theorists; Sawant attacks caste-based discrimination against some South Asians in Seattle; activist running for Sawant’s seat.

1/5/23: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
Jan 4th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Chess Club as the new midweek bar craze; Amazon’s projected layoffs climb to 18,000 globally; Tina Podlodowski quits as state Democratic chair; Harrell’s vow to have 2,000 fewer unhoused people in a year falls short.

12/30/22: MAYBE WE DO NEED ANOTHER HERO
Dec 29th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Local comix creators’ LGBTQ protagonists; is Twitter closing its Seattle office?; biotech ex-CEO won’t be charged with assaulting his then-wife; some year-end thoughts.

12/19/22: MEMORIES OF PRE-GENTRIFICATION
Dec 18th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Charles Mudede on modern ghosts of Seattle past; a million chickens killed due to bird flu; an ‘officer involved’ death at King County Jail; Catholic Archdiocese spends big on a new archbishop’s residence.

12/15/22: HOW ‘GREEN’ WAS MY VALLEY?
Dec 14th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Maps show different communities’ carbon outputs; Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer acquitted of making false accusations against a Black newspaper carrier; Inslee proposes a $70 billion, two-year budget; will electric cars kill the radio star?

12/6/22: THAT SINKING FEELING, 147 YEARS LATER
Dec 5th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

1875 shipwreck remains found off WA coast; gun background-check law may finally get enforced; magic-mushroom therapy begins in Oregon; faulty Xmas-tree lights cause major house fire.

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