by Kelsey Hamlin
“Where do I belong, where do I belong here where I have to squint my eyes in order to find someone who looks like me?” Continue reading Voting Rights Act Faces Latest Roadblock
Category Archives: Civics
Marchers Bring “The Bern” to Seattle Streets
words and photos by Alex Garland
(originally published on the Dignity Virus)
On Saturday Afternoon, local demonstrators showed that when it comes to Bernie Sanders, Seattle couldn’t be farther from South Carolina. Continue reading Marchers Bring “The Bern” to Seattle Streets
City Looks to Ease Restrictions on Building Backyard Cottages
by Anika Tse
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien and the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) held a community meeting on January 19th at the Filipino Community Center discussing the current barriers that restrict homeowners from building backyard cottages. Continue reading City Looks to Ease Restrictions on Building Backyard Cottages
The March that Helped Usher in the Voting Rights Act of 1965
50 years ago this year the highly organized and visible protests against the ongoing oppression and violence that had kept voter registration of Blacks in Selma at 2% (300 out of 15,000 eligible voters) culminated in the march that started in Selma, Alabama and ended at the capital in Montgomery. The highly publicized march led ultimately to new remedial legislation and progress, highlighting the effectiveness of high profile actions in service of social change. Continue reading The March that Helped Usher in the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Reconsidering Tough-on-Crime: An Interview with Al O’Brien
by Noemie Maxwell
“Simply stated, we should tell our political representatives that they will have the best outcomes, regarding criminal justice issues, when they base their decisions on empirical evidence about “what works” rather than on knee jerk reactions to the crime of the week. There is no doubt in my mind that our overtaxed prison system is primarily the fault of politicians trying to show their constituents that they are tough on crime. And both political parties are responsible as well. I would like to say that I am innocent of doing the same thing, but I am not. Continue reading Reconsidering Tough-on-Crime: An Interview with Al O’Brien
Eighty-Two Percent of District 2 Still Needs to Vote Today
Will this election finally see a strong turnout from District 2 voters? That’s entirely up to South End voters to decide today. As of Monday night, less than 18% of registered voters in the district have turned in their ballots, compared with over 19-22% for each of the other districts. Continue reading Eighty-Two Percent of District 2 Still Needs to Vote Today
“We Can Do Something Together”: Priority Hire Set To Target South End Unemployment Disparity
Interview conducted by Marcus Harrison Green
Since its passage a month ago by a unanimous City Council vote, Seattle’s Priority Hire Ordinance (CB 118282) has been praised by proponents as a long overdue mechanism for diminishing South End unemployment, and assailed by opponents as a “back door to affirmative action.” Continue reading “We Can Do Something Together”: Priority Hire Set To Target South End Unemployment Disparity