Seattle

Urging Biden to 'Put Human Lives Before Billionaire Profit,' Seattle City Council Backs Vaccine Patent Waiver

Covid-19 Death Rates Higher in States With GOP Governors: Study

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"These findings underscore the need for state policy actions that are guided by public health considerations rather than by partisan politics."

'Maybe We Ought to Go to $20 an Hour. Why Stop at $15?' Scoffs House Republican Arguing Against Wage Hike

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) listens at a hearing on July 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

The Republican lawmaker didn't acknowledge that had the federal minimum wage...

'Unlawful Abuse of Power': NYC, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon Sue DOJ Over 'Anarchist' Designation

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

New York City is one of three Democratic-run cities—including Seattle and Portland, Oregon—that are suing the U.S. Justice Department after being labeled "anarchist jurisdictions." (Photo: ilirjan rrumbullaku/Flickr cc)

"The only anarchy in this country is coming from the White House," quipped New...

Progressives Hit Back After DOJ Designates New York, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon 'Anarchist Jurisdictions'

'Unacceptable, Un-American, and Unconstitutional': Six Mayors Demand Congress Block Federal Agents From US Cities

'Disturbing—and Dangerous': Journalists Denounce Judge's Order for Outlets to Turn Over Protest Footage to Seattle Police

'Historic Victory for Working People': Seattle City Council Passes Progressive Tax on Big Business to Fund Relief

After Weeks of Allowing 'Autonomous Zone,' Seattle Police Clear CHOP Amid Violence, Growing Complaints

Movement to Remove Police From Schools Gains Momentum as Seattle and Oakland Boards Sever Ties With Departments

'Stay in the Streets': Black Lives Matter Movement in Seattle Occupies Six Block 'Autonomous Zone' and Floods City Hall

'Google the Geneva Conventions,' Kshama Sawant Tells Seattle Mayor After Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Despite Ban

'Awesome, Brilliant, Necessary': Seattle Bans Foreign-Influenced Corporations From Spending in Local Elections

Progressives Declare Victories in San Francisco District Attorney and Seattle City Council Races

Amazon's Major Money Dump in Seattle's City Council Election Seen as 'Dangerous and Ominous Development'

'Young People Are Correct to Be Outraged': Seattle City Council Urges Public Schools to Let Kids Climate Strike

Further

Fat Cats Against A Living Wage, Except, Cautiously, In Seattle

Is there anything more enraging than the ugly spectacle of Senate millionaires and lobbyists - a broad coalition "from the rich to the very rich to the super-rich" - ganging up to defeat a minimum wage raise supported by the majority of the American people, aka the people they ostensibly represent? Seattle helped ease the pain a bit with a phased-in deal to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour over a few years, proving MLK was right again about that arc of the moral universe.