Politics
As the city grows alarmed at gang shootings, the Police cite soothing statistics
Also, there's a new initiative and the SPD promises to work more closely with other departments. Please stop worrying.
Peggy Sturdivant
Peggy Sturdivant writes a weekly column for the Westside Weekly, and is curator of the It's About Time Writers Reading Series, founder of Ballard Writers Collective, and has worked in environmental co
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Culture
Black history is our history
A history conference at the Northwest African American Museum prompts a question: Why didn't I know this?
Politics
Police ought to act aggressively on communications
We need to know what they're doing wrong. Sure. But what about an effort to tell us what they're doing right, too?
Politics
UW study seems to equate Black Lives Matter and … Nazis?
If you found a letter addressed to the American Neo-Nazi Party on the sidewalk, would you put it in a
Culture
Students compete with August Wilson monologues
A Seattle Repertory event on Tuesday (March 8), which is free and open to the public, will pick three local students for a trip to a Broadway stage and participation in the fifth August Wilson Monologue Competition.