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Hempfest Backlash: Seattle Police Spokesman Subject Of Discrimination Complaint
The Seattle Police Department made national headlines when officers gave away bags of Doritos at last year’s Hempfest. But some police officers were not supportive of the department’s lighthearted...
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Deadly Blasts Hit Police In Cairo
Six people have been killed and some 100 others wounded in a series of explosions in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.A powerful car bomb exploded outside the police headquarters in central Cairo on...
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How Do You Squeeze Gardens Into Cityscapes? Think Vertical
In dense, concrete-locked urban areas like Seattle space for gardening is hard to come by. After all, this is a city where land is so valuable that people spend an average of $346 per square foot on...
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Nuclear Weapons Today With Joseph Circincione
Coming up on Speakers Forum, January 30 at 9:00 p.m.The Cold War might be over, but the nuclear weapons and the threat of destruction remains.Joseph Cirincione is the president of Ploughshares...
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Richard Sherman Post-NFC Interview, Bertha's Troubles, And Changes At...
A post-NFC championship game interview with Richard Sherman causes controversy. Is Seattle the "bad guy" in the Super Bowl narrative? Plus, Bertha stays stuck, and the Eastside Catholic School...
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Restaurateur Eddie Huang Talks About Funky Food
Eddie Huang stormed through childhood. He fought bigoted kids, defied stereotypes of the "model minority" and partied hard. But he clung to the delights of his father’s restaurant and the flavors of...
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The Mother Of Midwifery
Ross Reynolds talks with Ina May Gaskin, the so-dubbed "Mother of Midwifery," about childbirth practices around the world.
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Activist Pushes For Urban Sustainability
Ross Reynolds speaks with activist Majora Carter about living near a polluted Superfund site. Carter is a pioneer in urban sustainable living called "ghetto greening."
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Why Do You Read?
Ross Reynolds speaks with author Wendy Lesser bout her latest book “Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books." Lesser is the founder and editor of the literary magazine the Three Penny Review and the...
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WA Banks Remain Cautious About Pot Businesses
Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that legal marijuana businesses need access to bank accounts as a public safety issue. Bankers and pot entrepreneurs hailed those comments as an important...
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Bertha Still Stuck - Still No Answers
So far, crews trying to determine what’s stalling the State Route 99 tunnel machine have found a hard object more than 3 feet wide lodged in it.
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Washington Ranks Sixth For New Foreign And Out-Of-State Residents
Roll out the welcome wagon: New census figures show Washington state continues to rank as a top destination for people who move from across the country or from abroad.
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'Holistic Approach' To Employee Health Kicks Off With Kettlebell Record Attempt
For years, businesses have tried different approaches to get workers to adopt healthy lifestyles: They’ve offered rewards; they’ve tried to get employees’ attention through their pocketbooks.
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After The Machinists Vote, Labor Seeks New Directions
The idea of coming together in common cause is woven into Washington’s social fabric, especially into its union history. But labor has suffered reversals before, and it suffered a large one on Jan. 3,...
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Gambling: It May Be Illegal But 'Everyone Likes To Have A Little Action On...
Super Sunday is big business between ticket sales, television revenue and tourism. But a huge amount of money will also be changing hands based on an activity that is largely illegal: sports gambling.
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How Politicians Use Racial Coding To Win Elections
David Hyde talks to University of California, Berkeley, professor Ian Haney Lopez about his book "Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class."
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Seattle Tops Denver In 'Startup Bowl'
Steve Scher compares the strength of the technology communities in Colorado and Seattle with Todd Bishop of Geekwire.
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The Politics Of Microhousing In Seattle
David Hyde spoke with Publicola's Erica C. Barnett about microhousing, the debate over a possible Seattle City Light surcharge, and other issues facing the city.
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Will Raising The Minimum Wage Rescue The Economy?
David Hyde talks with Jim McTague, of financial magazine Barron's, about income inequality and why he says raising the minimum wage is a "crowd-pleaser" solution.
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Science Check: Don't Trust Everything You Read
Steve Scher talks with New York Times' Raw Data columnist George Johnson about the trouble of irreproducible studies.
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