Are the Rich Secretly Hoarding Their Wealth in Seattle’s Luxury Condos?
According to a new study, nearly half of the units in one downtown building were owned by anonymous entities.
Report: Who is Buying Seattle?
Who is Buying Seattle? The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom Chuck Collins Introduction: Seattle is experiencing a luxury real estate boom, with thousands of new luxury residential and rental units in different stages of development. A decade from now, Seattle’s...
Before His Time, a Billionaire Passes On
Paul Allen’s friends are saluting his life. For the sake of our own loved ones, we need to end his billionaire epoch.
Activist Groups Work on Inspiring Alternatives to the GOP Tax Plan
Rep. Jayapal of Seattle is among the leading Progessive Democrats working to educate constituents about a fast-moving Republican tax plan.
Fed Up with Washington, DC? Look to Washington State.
In the face of gridlock at the federal level, Seattle is leading the way towards a more just economy.
The Seattle Minimum Wage Study Is Utter B.S.
Fortunately for workers, credible research still points to raising the minimum wage as one reliable solution to the scourge of inequality.
Seattle Takes on the Trump Budget
Trump’s budget would make Seattle’s housing crisis worse—so a new campaign is looking to make the city “Trump-proof”.
Book Event: Kim Fellner’s ‘Wrestling With Starbucks’
Please join us at a book discussion with Kim Fellner, the former director of the National Organizers Alliance. Fellner recently published Wrestling With Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino, a feisty and unpredictable book that traces how the Battle of Seattle – informed by the Internet – helped consolidate a new global justice culture that didn’t buy anything about Starbucks (except, maybe, the coffee). It explains what Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern, and Global Exchange Co-director Medea Benjamin hold in common – and what they don’t. It tells the largely unknown story of how Starbucks rescued thousands of Central American coffee growers from going under – and became a major patron of biodiversity. It explores two competing definitions of goodness – being better than the rest vs. being good in a larger moral context – the place where the rub of capitalism hits the road of global economic equity.
The Dracula Round
Will the WTOs Doha talks come back from the dead?