Barry Mitzman

Barry is best known as a Peabody Award-winning TV producer and moderator.

By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Based on data gathered by the University of Michigan, SchoolHouse Connection estimates that homelessness among infants and toddlers in the U.S. increased by 23 percent between 2021 and 2023.

The Data: Cheer Up! Evidently these are the Best of Times

It’s likely that you’re having the best decade of your life right now, or at least that you think so.

The Data: Watch Where You Walk

Americans must be walking more these days. Either that, or walking is getting more dangerous.

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Each year, the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation collaborates with the Boston-based Health Effects Institute on a Global Air Report, tracking trends in air pollution and its...

A Happy Pooper is a Healthy Pooper

Despite growing scientific evidence that imbibing any amount of alcohol is unhealthy, I’m betting that champagne corks were popping over at the Institute for Systems Biology in South Lake...

Dual Citizenship: Will Canadians Stomach B.C. Wines Made with Washington Grapes?

Bitter cold hit B.C.’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valley vineyards for five days in January 2024. It wiped out almost the entire crop for the year—killing vines and preventing ones that survived from budding.

Why is Scoop Jackson’s Name on a New York City Playground?

If the Democratic senator had any special connection to New York City, it seems to have gone unrecorded.

Why Can’t Seattle be more Like… Buffalo?

A bit stagnant. A shadow of its former self. It’s heresy to say so, but in certain circumstances such as Buffalo’s, doldrums offer advantages in terms of quality of life, at least for those who remain and can earn a living.

GOP Control of Public Lands?

How did it almost come about that no Democrat qualified for the November ballot in the race for Commissioner of Public Lands? Crowded field of Dems, and a mischievous endorsement by the Seattle Times.

Failing Their Yelp Reviews: Who’s in Charge of These National Parks, Anyway?

Tina L. from Mexico City complains of having to pay admission just “to see a bunch of trees,” adding, “You really have to have a knack for nature if you're going to visit this park.” Hard to argue with that.

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