Opinion Why Seattle's first responders need to better understand trauma Behavioral health crises demand careful interventions. The city should adopt more robust trauma-informed care practices. by Devin Konick-Seese / February 7, 2020
Opinion As support for a business tax in King County builds, should progressives celebrate? Suddenly Amazon and other corporate backers are willing to make a concession — but only to avoid a larger one. by Katie Wilson / February 5, 2020
Opinion Washington should join West Coast in banning harmful hobby mining Suction dredge mining hurts salmon and orcas. It's past time to regulate it. by Sophia Ressler / February 4, 2020
Opinion Seattle Public Library's free-speech defense for TERFs upholds a dangerous status quo An anti-trans group hosting an event at the library this weekend advances bigotry, not honest public discourse. by Sam Sumpter / January 30, 2020
Opinion Magnolia's private surveillance system: Good for Amazon packages, bad for people of color There are sensible solutions to neighborhood safety. Racist surveillance isn't one. by Sophia Nicholson-Keener / January 31, 2020
Opinion The anti-Bezos may be coming, but he won’t save us More than benevolent billionaires, what we really need is democracy. by Katie Wilson / January 29, 2020
Opinion The Kobe Bryant I knew A former NBA writer reflects on the Black Mamba's greatness, days after his tragic death. by Glenn Nelson / January 28, 2020
Opinion Compassion and public safety must coexist to solve Third Avenue's crime problem Five things we should do to protect the public from chronic crime and persistent offenders in the popular downtown corridor. by Tim Burgess / January 28, 2020
Opinion 75 years after Auschwitz, a Seattle Jew wonders: Are we traveling backward? In America, anti-Semitism is on the rise and ignorance about the Holocaust remains dangerously widespread. by Natalie Singer / January 27, 2020
Opinion Seattle may lose its National Archives. That should concern more than local historians The vast collection, along with our larger ecosystem of historical scholarship, helps make Seattle great. by Knute Berger / January 24, 2020