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Fifty years after his death, the sweep of his vision is easy to forget, including his support for banning the bomb.

Construction is everywhere. The economy is booming. And yet Seattle’s homeless problem continues to grow. If we can’t even make progress in good times, the odds would seem to be against real solutions...

A photo of Tommy Le at his memorial service at Colam Pagoda Buddhist Temple in August.

Colleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club

It has been over nine months since Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declared a “state of civil emergency” in response to an alarming, and growing, number of people living on the streets. ...

In a culmination of three decades of perpetual crisis, Seattle late last year joined other West Coast cities in proclaiming that homelessness had reached a state of emergency. ...

At last count, there were 4,500 people living on the streets of Seattle and King County. It wasn’t always this way...

Sister Jean Fallon at a demonstration

Mayor Ed Murray with the co-chairs of his Income Inequality Advisory Committee, David Rolf (left) and Howard Wright (Right)

The Shelter, Seattle's first home for homeless youth, was located on Beacon Hill.