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Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
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.
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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.
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Shiga's Garden: fittingly, a story of sunshine and cooperation
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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Homes, not handcuffs
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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For some of our homeless, why not managed campgrounds?
Posted Wed, Sep 16, 6 a.m.
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Posted Wed, Sep 9, 6 a.m.
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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.
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Posted Wed, Apr 8, 6 a.m.
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Posted Thu, Feb 19, 6 a.m.
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Posted Thu, Dec 25, 9 a.m.
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Posted Thu, Nov 27, 6 a.m.
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Posted Fri, Nov 14, midnight
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