Environment
Ditch the car and flash your Undriver's License
A Seattle artist transforms the challenge of driving less into the joy of Undriving - and gives undrivers something to show for it.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Culture
The secret lives of Seattle's neighborhood shoppers
Who uses Seattle's neighborhood main streets, how do they get there, what do they find, and what do they miss there? The city gets some hard answers, from Admiral, Othello, Columbia City, Ballard, and Fremont.
Culture
A dream deferred: Showdown nears over Seattle's long-delayed World School
The Seattle district may soon revive its commitment to a central multilingual high school -- or send refugee students and their teachers bouncing across the city again.
Politics
Southeast Seattle's long, hot winter of violence
Beset by a surge in robberies and homicides, police, politicians, and undaunted Rainier Valley residents walk the walkabout together, and talk a new talk of cooperation and community renewal.
Culture
Sorry, Seafair, I know Rio, and you're no carnaval
It took a lot of research, and beer, to find out what makes Rio's carnaval the world's greatest street party: its class-busting politics.