Category: Culture
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The Problem of Black Unemployment: Racial Inequalities Persist Even Amongst the Unemployed
It’s no secret unemployment is higher for blacks than for whites. But it’s actually worse than that: blacks and whites have much different experiences of unemployment and the “social safety net.” Nick Buffie digs through the numbers for you.
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Gathering Lesser Seattle
Within Seattle here circa 2015, there’s a cathartic struggle simmering between our city’s poignant past and the feral future that now beckons fiercely. Jeff Stevens further histories you.
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Four Key Takeaways From Copyright Reform Committee’s Silicon Valley Listening Tour
The Copyright Reform Committee’s hearings in Silicon Valley gave citizens and lawmakers much to think about. Here are four of them. Parker Higgins reports.
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Immigrants and the Wages of Less-Skilled Workers
Does competition from immigrants lower the pay of less-educated native born workers? Conventional prejudice says yes. The reality is different. David Rosnick reports.
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C. Rosalind Bell: “Standing in the Middle of a Secret”
A story about coming out of the adoption closet. Tamiko Nimura talks with C. Rosalind Bell about researching her personal narrative and intertwining land ownership, emancipation, and food.
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Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges? These Guys
Accreditation agencies are supposed to make sure that colleges are putting students in a position to succeed. That’s not happening at schools overseen by one accreditor in particular. Annie Waldman schools you.
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We Real Cool
The conflation of Black Cool and Black politics is a hurdle to social organizing. Lauren Jackson gets hip.
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All Homes: A New Group With New Ideas To Curtail Homelessness
R.V. Murphy gets down with a new group who proposes to help solve the houselessness crisis in Seattle.
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The View from Nathan’s Bus: Back on the 7, 9pm-11pm
Nathan Vass’ remembrance of one particularly enjoyable shift continues.
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The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods
A first-of-its-kind analysis shows that debt-collection suits are far more common in black communities than white ones. Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman guide you.
