Political Issues

Locals to Know: Yes Segura

Let’s get today started by switching up the norm and improving Seattle’s streets with today’s locals to know — Yes Segura! They founded Smash the Box, a community-driven urban planning and design firm based out of Beacon Hill. Yes is here to talk to us all about his work centering pedestrians over cars, love of […]

/ August 23, 2022

🚋 Flashback Friday: Seattle’s Waterfront Streetcar

The Seattle Sonics with the Streetcar. You can even see the Kingdome in the back. (📸: @nikoneo1) On May 29, 1982, the Waterfront Streetcar, aka the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line, took its first trip along the Puget Sound. Benson was a city councilmember who proposed the idea of building a streetcar line in 1974 in the […]

/ July 13, 2022

🏛️ What a post-Roe era means for Washington?

A Planned Parenthood office in Pittsburgh. In the wake of last Friday’s Supreme Court decision scrapping Roe v. Wade, we’re taking a look at the state of affairs for abortion access locally, where Seattle and Washington elected officials and candidates stand and how you can get involved if you’re concerned about the ruling. We’ve got everything […]

/ June 28, 2022

🚇 Why a new train station in the C-ID could endanger its residents

Photo by Michael Brunk / nwlens.com 👀 Your view We do our best each week to cover as many things in the city as we possibly can, but often there’s a community member who’s better equipped to do that job than we are. That’s where a “Your view” comes in — it gives our readers with different […]

/ June 2, 2022

The Evergrey’s 2021 Procrastinator’s Guide to the Election

Your comprehensive guide to Seattle’s 2021 election with everything from a candidate overview to an FAQ about your ballot and how to vote.

/ October 22, 2021

The Evergrey’s guide to the August 3, 2021 primary

We’ve broken down the city’s biggest races for this year’s primary election. From mayor to Seattle school board we have you covered.

/ July 21, 2021

Beyond the ballot box: How to take your civic engagement to the next level

Participants in the People’s Academy for Community Engagement (PACE) convene at the Seattle Public Library in 2019. (📸: Seattle Department of Neighborhoods) Sponsored by Civic Commons. Civic Commons did not provide editorial input. Let’s take action together Civic Commons is building belonging in our community and inspiring Seattleites to take action on our region’s biggest […]

/ February 9, 2021

A Thin Green Line with Global Impact

Part two of Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia from Investigate West. How activists stopped 20+ PNW fossil fuel proposals.

/ January 19, 2021

A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled In Cascadia

Part one of InvestigateWest’s series “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia,” explores how Cascadia fell short of their climate change goals.

/ January 11, 2021

Moving forward from hate: What Biden’s election means for local immigrants and refugees

People took to the streets of downtown Seattle in early 2017 to protest President Trump’s Muslim travel ban. (📷: Flickr) Sponsored by Civic Commons. Civic Commons did not provide editorial input. Let’s take action together Civic Commons is building belonging in our community and inspiring Seattleites to take action on our region’s biggest economic and […]

/ November 24, 2020