These Cities Are Putting Our Fractious Federal Government to Shame

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Denver to Minneapolis.

Jimmy Tobias

Imagine a Campaign-Finance System That’s the Opposite of Today’s Dark-Money Monster

Seattle just created it.

Jimmy Tobias

The Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood Break New Ground

The WNBA franchise is standing with Planned Parenthood.

Dave Zirin

Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree

The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.

Collier Meyerson

This City Helped Pioneer the Fight for $15. Can It Revolutionize Housing Rights?

Seattle renters are mad as hell—and they’re not going to take it anymore.

Jimmy Tobias

These Cities Are Pulling Billions From the Banks That Support the Dakota Access Pipeline

From Seattle to San Francisco, Albuquerque to Raleigh, cities are joining the fight to defund the controversial pipeline.

Jimmy Tobias

‘It All Started With A Knee’: Seattle Seahawks Political Athlete Michael Bennett

At a sold-out Town Hall Seattle, Seahawks rebel athlete Michael Bennett speaks about Colin Kaepernick, the political Seahawks locker room, and raising daughters. 

Dave Zirin

These Cities Are at the Forefront of the Next Big Labor Struggle: the Fight for a Fair Workweek

P.E. Moskowitz

Sports and Laying Siege to Racism in Seattle

More than a thousand Seattle teachers are wearing Black Lives Matter shirts on Wednesday, in an action connected to the fight against racism and the power of sports.

Dave Zirin

The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules

They’re building a framework for a new normal in the low-wage workplace.

Michelle Chen