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Seattle cuts, but doesn't ‘defund,’ police budget in 2021
After a summer of protests and a pandemic-induced budget crunch, the city is moving toward a new public safety reality.
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Pandemic streets showed the promise of car-free Seattle
Seattle’s plan to give walkers and riders safer streets started with a bang. Whether it remains depends on how loudly residents fight to keep them.
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Seattle has faced calamity before and come out stronger
The city has a history of rebuilding after all-consuming fire and economic disaster. We can do it again.
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Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park is a microcosm of national upheaval
From CHOP to the U.S. Army firing on Natives, the Capitol Hill park has always captured the nation’s fissures in a few short blocks.
Opinion
What divesting from Seattle police is really about
The mayor and police officials wants to “reimagine” public safety, but to change policing we need to imagine safety for the first time.