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Here’s How West Coast Cities Are Trying to Protect the Homeless from Coronavirus
Seattle just purchased a quarantine motel for people who can't do it themselves.
Labs are Rushing to Make Their Own Coronavirus Tests After the CDC's Screw-Up
Some are working with the FDA and others are dropping the government test altogether.
Instead of Helping Homeless People, Cities Are Bussing Them Out of Town
"If you look at the logical extension of what’s going on, whether it’s a move-along law or one-way bus ticket, it’s 'let’s erase people, let’s render them invisible.'"
New Jersey Gives Uber a $650 Million Tax Bill and Says Drivers Are Employees
If California’s AB5 cracked the door, New Jersey’s tax bill for Uber could open the flood gates.
Amazon Spent $1.5 Million Trying to Buy a City Council Seat
Amazon spent $1.5 million to beat Kshama Sawant and back its approved candidates. It may have ended up unifying its opposition.
Take That, Starbucks Mermaid: Shirtless Dudes Are Serving Coffee in Seattle Now
"There was a topless guy sitting in there with swollen pecs and whatnot."
Neo-Nazi Arrested After Threatening to Kidnap Woman on Facebook and Saying He Wanted to Kill All Hispanics
“I will stop at nothing until you, your family, your friends, your entire WORTHLESS LATIN RACE IS RACIALLY EXTERMINATED,” he allegedly wrote on Facebook.
An 'Uber, but for Mental Health' App Is an Unsettling Therapist in 'Eliza'
A software engineer changed the world. Now she has to find out whether she improved it.
Human Composting Just Got the Green Light in Washington
It's an eco-friendly alternative to burial or cremation
Seattle's Fight to Save The Showbox, Its Most Important Venue
Artists like Pearl Jam and Duke Ellington once graced its stage. Now activists are trying to save it from demolition.
‘Privacy Is Becoming a Luxury’: What Data Leaks Are Like for the Poor
"I felt like my identity or whatever didn't matter to them."
Haggis and Chow Mein Collide at Seattle's Gung Haggis Fat Choy
The annual dinner celebrates Chinese New Year and Burns Night, both of which tend to fall around the same time.