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Seattle may get nation’s first safe injection site

Shilo Murphy, drug user and harm reduction advocate, is poised to open facilities where people can inject illegal drugs in the presence of medical staff The first supervised injection site in the United States will open within six to 18 months in Seattle, ...

10 Dec 2015 - Emily Green
21st century tent city: a photo feature

A look inside the Seattle community of Tent City 3, established years ago by people experiencing homelessness and sanctioned by the city Tent cities — organized and run by people experiencing homelessness — are becoming de facto living options in times of ...

29 Jul 2015 - Street Roots
Family guy: Sex columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage

Dan Savage grew up in a Catholic family in Chicago. At 18 years old, he came out as gay to his family, who after one rocky summer, Savage says, became aggressively supportive. That support has served him well. Today, his name is synonymous with gay activi ...

11 Feb 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
We are reaching a tipping point in Portland

Portland is reaching a tipping point. With the decline of affordable housing units around the city due to the increase of rental prices we’re heading into a perfect storm. In fact, some might say the storm has already arrived on our shores. It sure feels ...

1 Jul 2014 - Israel Bayer
Make a big impact on the world, grassroots on up

People often ask me, what motivated you to get into this line of work and to be engaged with politics. There’s a lot of different ways I could answer that question. Growing up in rural-industrial America, my first relationship to anything even remotely po ...

5 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Solidarity in city salaries: Seattle’s new council member ponies up her own paycheck toward the $15 minimum-wage movement

Kshama Sawant took her oath of office Jan. 6 in front of hundreds at Seattle City Hall. She plans to take home an “average worker’s wage” and donate the rest of her $120,000 annual salary to a campaign to create a $15-an-hour minimum wage and other social ...

22 Jan 2014 - Aaron Burkhalter
Seattle adopts Portland model for another go at public toilets

Seattle’s Larry Clum spends hours each week walking the streets of downtown Seattle. A mental health counselor for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, he meanders through Pioneer Square, down Alaskan Way, underneath the viaduct and into Westlake Park. Clum tr ...

11 Jul 2013 - Aaron Burkhalter
Seattle earmarks funds for camping pilot program

Seattle earmarks funds for camping pilot program by Amy Roe The Seattle City Council’s proposed 2012 budget contains some good news for those living in their cars. The budget package includes $20,000 to fund case management services for a Safe Parking Pil ...

5 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
Sister street paper in Seattle is shunned by neighborhood association

Sister street paper in Seattle is shunned by neighborhood association March 29, 2010 Real Change, Street Roots big sister paper to the North in Seattle is being targeted by a neighborhood association not to move into their neighborhood. A letter from the ...

29 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
Is Seattle kicking Portland's booty?

Is Seattle kicking Portland's booty? While Portland City Council debates sit-lie citywide, baseball stadiums, parking lots and signage – Seattle’s appears to be kicking our collective butts. Portland continues to struggle with a debate over a past he ...

4 Jun 2009 - Street Roots