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Gloria Steinem Lit the Torch

People Jean Godden - September 7, 2026 1

What does it mean to “do what you want with your life” as the doctor told Steinem all those years ago? What does it mean when our country’s most powerful people are working to ensure that women can’t even do what they need, let alone what they want?

Reflections

Public Amenity: The Sounds of Children

Peter Miller - September 6, 2026 4

Crime

State Task Force Recommends Action on Missing Indigenous Women

Hélène Schilders - September 5, 2026 0

International

Allies: With a Friend like this…

Carol J Williams - September 4, 2026 2

Environment

A Summer of Climate Change

Anthony B. Robinson - September 3, 2026 2

Cities

Seattle or Nashville? Stay or Go?

Jean Godden - September 2, 2026 7

International

Survey: China is now More Popular Internationally than the US

Wendy Liu - September 1, 2026 0

Politics

Outrage Watch: The Lying Lies Of Donald J. Trump

Mort Kondracke - August 28, 2026 3

Donald Trump lies. Profligately, habitually, brazenly, unrepentantly.

The Independent Challenging Olympic Peninsula Democrats

Al Bergstein - August 27, 2026 3

A Very Peculiar Hearing about the Millionaire’s Tax Initiative

Jonathan Martin - August 20, 2026 4

What Would a Healthy Republican Party Look Like?

Chris Vance - August 19, 2026 12

Under Fire: A Petition to Recall Mayor Katie Wilson

Jean Godden - August 15, 2026 6

More Politics

Arts

State of the Art Museum: Crystal Bridges Doubles in Size

James S. Russell - August 21, 2026

An Epic Odyssey: Who Gets to tell What Story When

Sally J. McMillan - July 25, 2026

Review: The Seattle Symphony Takes on Mahler Seven

Theodore Deacon - June 23, 2026

Is Trump’s Wreckage of the Kennedy Center an Opportunity for Something Better?

Douglas McLennan -

LACMA’s New Museum: What’s the point of Art in a Museum?

Douglas McLennan -

Hijacking the Kennedy Center

Nick Licata -

The Once and Future Kennedy Center: An Architectural Story

Paul Kidder -

More Arts

PULSE

Review: The Seattle Symphony Takes on Mahler Seven

Theodore Deacon - June 23, 2026 2

Murder Most Foul

Jean Godden - June 17, 2026 5

Post Up: Finally the Games 6.11

Post Alley - June 13, 2026 0

A Story for Memorial Day

Ted Olinger - May 25, 2026 7

Seattle’s Father Ryan Reports on his Meeting with Pope Leo XIV

Joel Connelly - March 20, 2026 5

Washington’s Women Trailblazers

Jean Godden - March 10, 2026 0

Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light

Jean Godden - March 6, 2026 25

Gloria Steinem Lit the Torch

Jean Godden - 1

Cities

Seattle or Nashville? Stay or Go?

Jean Godden - 7

Reflections

Public Amenity: The Sounds of Children

Peter Miller - 4

Cities

Could San Francisco’s Turnaround be copied in Seattle?

Tim Burgess - 15

International

Allies: With a Friend like this…

Carol J Williams - 2

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Technology

Datacenters over America: The Power Dance with AI (Part II)

Tom Corddry - July 23, 2026 2

Some in the industry have suggested that datacenters could be using 50 percent of today’s total electrical energy generation capacity by 2040.

Datacenters over America: Enormous Bets on Needs Unmet (Part I)

Trump let Nvidia Sell Advanced Chips to China. Here’s How Chinese Citizens are Reacting

Clock’s Ticking: Six Reasons Why TikTok Shouldn’t be Banned

The Big Sort: How Will AI Affect Submissions to Magazines?

Health

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By the Numbers: More Babies Than Ever are Homeless

Barry Mitzman - February 7, 2026 2

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.

How Governments have Caused Homelessness

Michael Caplow - 3

A New Book: Autism and a Fulfilling Life

Joe Martin - 2

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Creating Havoc in Public Health

Joel Connelly - 2

A Happy Pooper is a Healthy Pooper

Barry Mitzman - 1

More Health

Environment

A Summer of Climate Change

Anthony B. Robinson - September 3, 2026

Beyond the salmon crisis: Northwest may face broad loss of freshwater species

Sam Fletcher - August 26, 2026

Salish Sea Tribes say they want to take Control of National Wildlife Refuges

Al Bergstein - June 25, 2026

Oil Crisis? How about we Reduce Demand? Here’s How

James S. Russell -

David Suzuki: Still Fighting for the Planet at 90

Joel Connelly -

A Cryin’ Bloody Shame: DOGE and Storm Pummel Our Public Forests

Joel Connelly -

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Barry Mitzman -

Cities

Seattle or Nashville? Stay or Go?

Jean Godden - September 2, 2026 7

Given the option: Go to Nashville or remain in Seattle -- perhaps in need of a job -- employees had made career-impacting decisions. Will they eventually come to regret their choices?