Saying Yes
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.
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Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.
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Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.
A new "Seattle Speaks" show begins tonight, broadcast live from Town Hall. But budget trouble could mean the elimination of at least two positions next year.
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A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6 a.m.
One reason to support Crosscut Public Media, a regular contributor says, is its commitment to covering the vulnerable among us.
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Posted Thu, Oct 29, 6 a.m.
Those vaunted 10-year plans to solve the problem are halfway in, or more, and yet homelessness persists. Even so, we're making progress and on the right track.
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Posted Mon, Oct 19, 6 a.m.
Navigating the unemployment system is no easy task ... for people seeking jobs, hiring, or even those advising the applicants. Anybody need a professional hoop-jumper?
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Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.
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Posted Tue, Sep 29, 6 a.m.
Seattle isn't close to becoming one of the "meanest cities" listed in a national report, but may soon try its own take on the often-harmful "civility laws" sweeping the country
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Posted Wed, Sep 16, 6 a.m.
Many homeless people don't want to be in shelters or the housing officials think they ought to have. So here's an idea: provide campgrounds and revive trailer parks.
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Posted Mon, Sep 14, 5:28 p.m.
Many languages. Way too many carbs and sugars. Few takers for the gallon bags of mustard.
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Posted Wed, Sep 9, 6 a.m.
There are federal mandates and some stimulus funds, but not nearly enough to keep up with this heartbreaking problem.
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Posted Mon, Aug 10, 6 a.m.
As a national video shows, these encampments have much to commend them. But they are no substitute for more permanent living places.
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Posted Tue, Jun 9, 6 a.m.
A Seattle MD makes a courageous documentary, showing at STIFF this week, about her father's estrangement from his family, owing to schizophrenia, and its toll on the families.
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Posted Tue, May 12, 6 a.m.
The movie, a sentimental cheapening, grows out of a remarkable book about a columnist's encounter with the almost-intractable problems of a homeless drifter/musician, and the healing power of friendship.
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Posted Thu, Apr 16, 11:52 a.m.
Cutting General Assistance for very-low-income people temporarily unemployable, which Gov. Gregoire proposes to do, would prove cost-inefficient, an advocate for GAU argues
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Posted Wed, Apr 8, 6 a.m.
He may be the last person highly educated Seattleites would turn to, but he had excellent lessons for coping with a deep recession.
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Posted Thu, Feb 19, 6 a.m.
Mayor Nickels' annual address missed the mark by failing to recognize the urgency and by not calling for sacrifices, beginning with hizzoner.
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Posted Thu, Dec 25, 9 a.m.
Vancouver faces a potential public relations embarrassment during the 2010 Olympics, owing to the city's tremendous homeless population. An architect proposes a bold solution: temporary, modular housing.
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Posted Thu, Nov 27, 6 a.m.
A Thanksgiving story, learning from a wise homeless man.
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Posted Fri, Nov 14, midnight
A breakfast meeting the other morning sponsored by Real Change sounded a lot like a rally to dump Mayor Greg Nickels and, for that matter, much of the Seattle City Council.
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Lawmakers are considering decriminalizing pot. Bills would make holding small amounts more like a speeding ticket.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 17, 4 p.m.
A star lineup of city musicians, backed by some popular venues and arts orgs, has produced a 36-track CD with all proceeds going to charity.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
From Afghanistan to health care to ethics, lawmakers head toward Halloween with distractions aplenty.
MOREPosted Sun, Aug 30, 5:25 p.m.
A Dad going blind teaches the wisdom of socks.
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Two heartbreaking small incidents point up the fragility of life for a leader in a homeless village
MOREPosted Mon, Jul 20, noon
In praise of urban errands, and all those friends on the street.
MOREPosted Wed, Jul 8, 6:43 a.m.
Notes from Nickelsville: fragile communities with fragile people like Chris in them
MOREPosted Thu, Jul 2, 6 a.m.
The wisdom of Mina, putting me in my place at our weekly coffee
MOREPosted Sun, May 31, 11:35 p.m.
In her series about having conversations with homeless and isolated individuals, the author tries to patch up a fraternal war between Alfred and Kenneth
MOREPosted Tue, May 19, 8:31 p.m.
When we first met, his smile was terrified, and my own felt a little wobbly. Then we began to become friends across the social abyss of mental illness.
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