Opinion For decades, Paul Dorpat chronicled — and lived out — Seattle's weirdness The prolific local historian talks art, counterculture, and the importance of knowing the history of where you live. by Katie Wilson / January 22, 2020
Opinion Who’s afraid of rent control? The history and politics of making rent less damn high, in Seattle and beyond. by Katie Wilson / January 6, 2020
Opinion The decade progressives started fighting for themselves Seattleites of the future will remember the 2010s for the first stirrings of a new movement. by Katie Wilson / December 26, 2019
Opinion Odd jobs in The Emerald City Looking back on my first year in Seattle, it's the work that comes back. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2019
Opinion Leaf blowers? Not in my backyard After a bruising election cycle, it’s time for Seattle to unite around a common enemy. by Katie Wilson / November 27, 2019 / Updated Monday, Dec. 2 at 3:30 pm
Opinion The view from The Phinney Managing an apartment building in the early days of the housing crisis, I got a glimpse of the old Seattle. by Katie Wilson / November 15, 2019
Opinion In Seattle, a tax on big business is now more possible than ever The passage of Tim Eyman's car-tab initiative underscores the need to right our upside-down tax system. Here's how to enlist Amazon in the cause. by Katie Wilson / November 12, 2019
Opinion Seattle progressives need to get smart on crime The city has scaled back prosecutions of low-level crimes — for good reason. But without scaling up diversion programs, a backlash is inevitable. by Katie Wilson / October 17, 2019
Opinion Whose responsibility is the homelessness crisis? It is a damning fact of our times that this question seems to have lost any satisfactory answer. by Katie Wilson / October 4, 2019
Opinion Adrift and afraid, Seattle's outraged NIMBY needs someone to blame Local PACs People for Seattle and Moms for Seattle are fueling a toxic politics and exploiting anxiety about a precarious economy and a confusing world. by Katie Wilson / September 16, 2019