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New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.
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Bike Polo Makes Its Way from Seattle to SF
Bike Polo started in Seattle in 1999 and is now a worldwide sport.
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The Promise of Public Banking in Seattle
John Repp and the Seattle Public Bank Coalition push for a public bank in Seattle that could help fund a green and sustainable economy.
Greenpeace’s “kayaktivists” finally draw the government’s attention to Arctic drilling.
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Seattle’s Band of Horses on Seattle’s KEXP
Listen to a full studio performance from Seattle’s Band of Horses at Seattle’s KEXP.
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Cutting Edge: Tool Libraries
Up and down the Left Coast, cities and communities are creating lending libraries—for kitchen tools, construction, landscaping, and more.
Imagine works of art that only appear when it rains. That’s what you’ll see painted around the city of Seattle.
Left coast urban is different. So is our idea of an urban utility bike. See what the results of an urban utility bike design competition reveal about us.