Clik here to view.
Signature campaign begins for $15 minimum wage initiative
Minimum-wage activists launched their signature-gathering campaign for a ballot initiative outside the downtown Seattle McDonald's Thursday.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game Of Homes: 11 People, Two Tiny Apartments
This week, we have been airing Game of Homes, a series about finding affordable housing in Seattle. For some, like the Pokhrel family, it’s about bunking together. Eleven family members share two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering Seattle's Historic NBA Moment 35 Years Ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder are playing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA conference finals Saturday. They currently trail the spurs two games to three after a tough defeat Thursday night.The fact the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Stress Test': Before, During And After The Panic Of 2008
The financial crisis of 2008 is widely referred to as the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It threatened large financial institutions with collapse and resulted in bank...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Proposed Sale Of Seattle Student Data Site Worries Officials
The potential bankruptcy sale of a company that stores online student data – including personally identifiable information for about 20,000 Seattle middle and high school students – has concerned the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seattle Steps Closer To Setting Highest Minimum Wage In U.S.
It was standing room only at Seattle’s city hall on Thursday, as councilmembers made changes to a minimum wage proposal. This signals that Seattle is poised to be the first city to pass a $15 minimum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feds: Seattle Police Officers' Lawsuit Has No Merit
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan slammed a lawsuit filed by more than a hundred Seattle police officers who filed a legal complaint against city and federal officials. The officers say a new policy that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game Of Homes: Leaving Seattle For The Cheaper Suburbs
This week, we have been airing Game of Homes, a series about finding affordable housing in Seattle. For one family, finding a place to live within their means meant leaving the city altogether.Andrea...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Minimum Wage Committee Member Says Process And Proposal Is A 'Charade'
Steve Scher talks with David Meinert, Seattle nightlife entrepreneur and restaurantuer about his experience on the mayor's income inequality advisory committee. Marcie Sillman gets more on the story...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seattle Police File A Lawsuit, City Council Agrees On $15, And Ramtha The...
Over a hundred members of the Seattle Police Department have filed a lawsuit against the federally-mandated reforms SPD has adopted. The Seattle City Council has come to an agreement on the minimum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jezebel's Lindy West On The Meaning Behind #YesAllWomen
Marcie Sillman talks to Jezebel writer Lindy West about the #YesAllWomen campaign that went viral last week after the University of California Santa Barbara shooting and what it's like to be an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local Musicians Talk About Their Love For Disney Classics
Ross Reynolds interviews saxophonist and bandleader Jacob Zimmerman and vocalist Katie Jacobsen about an evening of music from Disney films they’ll be performing with others Saturday night at the Royal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Study: More Skilled Foreign Workers Could Mean Higher Wages In Cities
Ross Reynolds talks to Giovanni Peri, an economics professor at U.C. Davis, about how foreign-born workers in science and technology might affect the health of economies. Peri argues that the federal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jimi Hendrix, Seattle And Race In Post-War American Culture
David Hyde speaks with cultural historian, musician and writer Peter Bacon Hales about Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower," which is the subject of a chapter in his new book,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Steve Ballmer's Clippers Bid Means For Seattle
Marcie Sillman talks with Seattle Times reporter Geoff Baker about what ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer's bid to buy the LA Clippers means for Seattle's chances to land an NBA team.
View ArticleClik here to view.
As Highway 530 Opens, Darrington Welcomes Visitors
Ross Reynolds speaks with Martha Rasmussen, organizer of Darrington Day, about the fortuitous connection between the re-opening of state Route 530 and the annual celebration of Darrington Day. Both...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sen. Murray Proposes Summer Food Benefits For Low-Income Kids
Nearly half of public school students in Washington state receive free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches at school – about half a million children. But when school’s out for summer, it can be a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Patient Preference In PTSD Treatment Improves Quality Of Life, Cost...
When patients receive treatment for PTSD they normally don’t get asked what kind of therapy they’d like to receive. Often the provider will use the therapy that is most familiar to them.That can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Stereotypes Keep Women From Computer Science
Marcie Sillman speaks with University of Washington professor Sapna Cheryan about how the nerd stereotype is keeping women away from the field of computer science.
View Article