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6/18/20: UP THE PIKE
Jun 17th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

A live-stream benefit gala for the Pike Place Market; King County Labor Council expels Seattle Police Officers Guild; the state reported more negative COVID tests than it got; the West Seattle Bridge ‘can be fixed,’ but should it?

6/16/20: SPELLING IT OUT
Jun 16th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

The CHOP street mural and its many makers; five Proud Boys gang up on one protester on video; King County applies for ‘phase 2’; T-Mobile and other cell-phone carriers go kablooey.

6/11/20: STILL ZONING IN
Jun 10th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ digs in, issues demands; City Council to re-examine SPD budget; Amazon suspends facial-recognition sales to police forces; state auditor to investigate unemployment-payment SNAFUs.

6/10/20: IN THE ZONE
Jun 10th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

A 24-hour ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ settles in without police; lawsuits filed over SPD violence; coming state budget cuts could be massive; my own earliest memories of whiteness and its problems.

6/9/20: SPEAKING THROUGH THE MASKS, AND THE TEARS
Jun 9th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Voices from the protests; Pine St. police barricades removed and East Precinct partly cleared out; should one of Seattle’s biggest shelters stay closed?; what does ‘Defund the Police’ really mean?

5/12/20: ART OF THE MATTER
May 11th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Posters to inspire and instruct in this moment; a closed-but-timely museum show; the latest excuse for predicting emptied-out cities; King County wants to see a face mask on you.

5/5/20: BRAYING THE ALARM
May 4th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Amazon Web Services VP quits in protest; ‘Phase 1’ of the state’s reopening will last a while; recall drive targets Snohomish County sheriff; no, elderberries won’t cure the COVID.

10/14/20: LISTEN TO YOUR MAMAS
Apr 13th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

An anonymous street artist’s words from role-model women; a three-state pact (we’re by far the hardest-hit) will coordinate COVID responses; Inslee’s early releases may not make prisoners safer; a legal settlement ends the ‘Uber union’ push for now.

4/4/20: PROJECTING HOPE
Apr 4th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Artists put reassuring slogans on Seattle’s nighttime walls; state Supreme Court nixes city’s high-earner income tax; locals sue Fox News for allegedly lying about COVID; mixed predictions about the post-virus economy.

4/1/20: KEEPING CREATING
Mar 31st, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

An artists’-support advocate on today’s fears and potentials; local COVID data collection efforts become ‘overwhelmed’; Idaho gets an earthquake; the rent crunch is now.

3/2/20: TIME TO PANIC? (STILL NO.)
Mar 1st, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

The US’s first coronavirus deaths are right here (but don’t freak out or hoard stuff); feds say to keep the Snake River dams; Seattle cop fired for history of racist/sexist remarks; is drag bingo a felony offense?

A SILENT NOISE
Feb 27th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

AIDS Memorial Pathway art revealed; Bothell High School still closed by virus fear; Christopher Rufo blames Seattle for the rise of Sanders (and ‘socialism’); payroll-tax bill’s still alive and still without ‘pre-emption’ clause.

2/25/20: BLACK LIGHT SHINING
Feb 24th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Local photog’s shots of national & local black ‘luminaries’; city’s LEAD program renewed after all; Expedia lays off hundreds after just moving their offices; we’re the US’s 9th most liberal city.

2/24/20: ‘TIMES’ OF THE SIGNS
Feb 23rd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

How Seattle’s bygone Queen of Neon was rediscovered; Re-bar at 30; Bumbershoot Lives! (in some form); another big ruling against Tim Eyman (whom Republicans still (heart symbol)).

2/19/20: FAITH OF OUR (TWO) FATHERS (OR TWO MOTHERS)
Feb 19th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Protests want gay Catholic teachers rehired; more praise for Pike Place’s Oriental Mart; Durkan says she’s more of a true progressive than (without naming) Sawant; keeping eagles from dining at the landfill.

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