by Kevin Schofield
This weekend’s read is a report from three researchers at Seattle University’s Crime and Justice Research Center on the demographics of the people who serve on juries in Washington’s State courts.
Continue reading Weekend Reads | How Representative Are Jurors?by Alex Garland
In eastern King County, a mountainside forest holds an unlikely approach to sustainability and ecological restoration. There, a decades-long project converts poop into profit, yielding bigger trees and potentially lowering taxes.
Continue reading The Royal Flush: How a King County Project Turns Our Waste Into a Rich Environmental and Agricultural Resourceby Kevin Schofield
This weekend’s read is an updated study from corporate consultant McKinsey & Company on Women in the Workplace, its ninth annual edition of the report. It drills down into the details of the “pipeline” for women to work their way up the corporate ladder and debunks four common myths on why women are underrepresented at higher management levels.
Continue reading Weekend Reads | Fixing the ‘Broken Rung’ on the Ladder to Career Success for Womenby Kevin Schofield
This weekend’s read is a 2018 article in Smithsonian magazine that tells the story of how new technology is allowing scholars to read ancient texts that were thought to be forever lost to history.
Continue reading Weekend Reads | Using Cutting-Edge Tech to Decipher Ancient Textsby Dae Shik Kim
When I used to live on Capitol Hill, I would run into Kshama Sawant a couple times a month at the Central Co-op. I would always take a quick peek into her shopping cart and knew right away she was about to throw down. Seattle is a small enough city where it isn’t out of the ordinary to see one of your local electeds in public. I’ve seen Andrew Lewis in his Indochino suit panic-jogging through Pioneer Square so many times and never really thought much of it. But seeing Kshama Sawant do “human” things always felt a little different. Maybe because most of us have never seen her break “character,” especially within the walls of City Hall. Or maybe because corporate media loves to portray “radical leftists” as joyless figures, quick to cancel others, perpetuating stereotypes that overlook multifaceted lives and passions.
Continue reading Love, Labor, and Legacy: An Exit Interview With Councilmember Kshama Sawantby Kevin Schofield
For this weekend’s read, we’re going to explore an idea at the intersection of biology and philosophy. It’s a paper written in 2017 by two biology researchers, one in the U.K. and the other in Brazil, that challenges our preconceived ideas about cognition and how we draw the boundary around the portion of our bodies that allows us to think.
Continue reading Weekend Reads | Spider Brains: How Tiny Creatures Create Large Cognitive Systemsby Tobias Coughlin-Bogue and Guy Oron
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
For King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay, the last four years have been a whirlwind. Having been elected in November 2019, most of his first term was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many residents of King County District 2, which includes southeast Seattle, Capitol Hill, and Skyway, were hit particularly badly. During this time, the ambitious Zahilay stepped up his presence in his new role, engaging with constituents on social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram, while also channeling the social justice principles of his predecessor, civil rights legend Larry Gossett.
Continue reading King County Council District 2 Candidate Girmay Zahilay Talks to Real Changeby Kevin Schofield
This weekend’s read is a report published by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) last month on a question that may be top of mind for a bunch of South Seattleites: How’s the West Seattle Bridge doing?
Continue reading Weekend Reads | Evaluating the West Seattle Bridge Repair One Year Laterby Dominique Morales
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
Trick-or-treating has become an almost guaranteed promise of candy on Halloween. With history dating back to the 16th century, this tradition has taken many forms throughout the years, with modern iterations usually entailing the sound of door knocks and the sight of costumed children. But for some communities in South Seattle, Halloween festivities have taken on a much different form from the door-to-door candy hopping.
Continue reading No Tricks, All Treats: Community Organizations Are Bringing Something Sweet to South Seattle This Halloweenby Kevin Schofield
This weekend’s read is a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics looking at connections between drug overdose deaths and specific occupations and industries. Drug overdoses have skyrocketed over the past 10 years, largely because of the proliferation of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl — synthetic opioids now account for about two-thirds of all overdoses in the United States — and also stimulants, such as methamphetamine.
Continue reading Weekend Reads | Your Risk of Drug Overdose Might Have to Do With Where You Work
