BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Rule of Nobody’: Philip K. Howard searched for someone but came up empty-handed Take any problem facing our society today,” Philip K. Howard challenges, “and ask yourself, who has the authority to fix it? The answer is nobody.” The cour ...
7 Jan 2016 - Megan Wildhood
BOOK REVIEW | James Kilgore explains our dubious grip on freedom in ‘Understanding Mass Incarceration’ The irony of our criminal justice system is that our “land of the free” locks up more of its people than any other country. As such, it’s an outlier in ...
28 Apr 2016 - Mike Wold
'Evicted' author Matthew Desmond chronicles the struggle to obtain and keep stable housing The government has been telling people the economy is making a steady but slow recovery from the Great Recession. In the past few years, the unemployment ...
7 Jul 2016 - Wayne Braverman
Javier Auyero's collection of student works explores poverty in today's American At my company’s holiday party in December, a coworker from the East Coast told me of her shock at Seattle’s visible poverty. “You can’t miss it unless you don’t eve ...
9 Aug 2016 - Megan Wildhood
BOOK REVIEW | 'I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up' by James Hoggan with Grania Litwin Gun control. Transgender rights. Black Lives Matter. The war on terrorism. There are many hot-button iss ...
25 Aug 2016 - Gayle Clemans
BOOK REVIEW | In her memoir, 'Shrill,' Seattle writer calls people to task but also into dialogue If two people are sitting in broken chairs and they fall, who takes the blame? Is it the chair? Or the person? Seattle author and former staff wr ...
19 Sep 2016 - Aaron Burkhalter
‘Aurora’ by Kim Stanley Robinson Space — the final frontier? The last walk on the moon was almost 50 years ago, but there’s been little doubt in science fiction movies and novels that someday humankind will break away from our little planet and colonize o ...
4 Oct 2016 - Mike Wold
Journalist Alison Flowers follows four exonerees whose lost opportunities and struggles to rebuild their lives left them feeling trapped even after their release from prison More than 2.3 million people are being held in state and federal correctional fac ...
13 Oct 2016 - Katherine Luck
BOOK REVIEW | 'Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right' by Jane Mayer If you care about the poor, the environment, fair taxes, workers’ rights, consumer protection and safety regulations, you’re li ...
15 Nov 2016 - Megan Wildhood
BOOK REVIEW | Judges and government agencies that looked the other way played an important role in the rise of our next president, author David Cay Johnston explains There’s something in “The Making of Donald Trump” for everyone. For Christians, one of ...
23 Nov 2016 - Megan Wildhood