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Fund the World You Want to Live In: Interest-Free Loans Make More Than ‘Business Sense’

Neighbors are helping crowdfund the dreams of local entrepreneurs, giving community businesses the chance to expand with interest-free loans.

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Seattle Led the Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?

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.

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Seattle’s Kayaktivists Finally Get Government’s Attention

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.

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Mind-blowing Seattle Street Art Appears When it Rains

Imagine works of art that only appear when it rains. That’s what you’ll see painted around the city of Seattle.

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Our Urban & Their Urban: Bike Design Competition Reveals Cultural Differences

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.