Downtown Highrise Project Still Under Fire as Design Gets Revised Taller

A retrofit to build a new mass-timber addition above the Doyle Building at 2nd Avenue and Pine Street has added six floors since the Seattle…

The Alfred E. Clarke Mansion

At Caselli Avenue and Douglass Street. Photo by Jake Hanft. The Alfred E. Clarke Mansion

Friday Roundtable: Vote Yes on Prop 1 for More Buses!

Ballots for the November election have been sent to voters in King County. One item on the ballot for voters in Seattle is Proposition 1:…

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Chicago Is Getting A Life-Size Siskel And Ebert Sculpture Giving ‘Two Thumbs Up’

Film producer Pam Kasper is fundraising for a bronze statue of the film critics, to be made by Illinois sculptor Preston Jackson and placed at…

This NW Side Garden Railroad Has Been Chugging Along For More Than 20 Years

Every inch of grass in the Rustemeyer family’s Norwood Park backyard is covered by model train tracks running through a miniature village.

Early Addition: New Jersey considering a ban on chewing gum because of microplastics

Because New Jersey is just trying to keep its people safe, here are your early links: Early voters get a spooky sticker, Tom Hanks returning…

“Dying in Detention”: Al Jazeera Investigates Immigrant Deaths in California’s Adelanto ICE Jail

At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a…

She Fled Syria At 11. For a Decade These Filmmakers Watched Her Grow Up

Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes discuss their film "One in a Million."

“I Will Not Back Down.” Louise Lucas Defies Trump DOJ After Federal Indictment

D.C. Memo: As midterm election nears, corruption tops voter concerns, beating out inflation, healthcare

From deepfake ads to a waterfall of polls, campaign season is getting wild. Plus: Voters put government corruption top of mind; feds to pay farmers…

State Politics: Teachers Pour $3.2M into State Politics; Legislators angle for a Raise

The union has been on a winning streak both politically and in the policy arena, most notably in the passage of the state’s new income…

Black Texans Built More than 400 Schools When the State Would Not

In 1921, the Black families of Hill Prairie, in Bastrop County, built a two-teacher schoolhouse. The Rosenwald Fund in Chicago sent $800—equivalent to $15,000 in…

Police warn officers, public against paying for bail

THE Nigeria Police Force has warned that officers who demand money for bail will face disciplinary action, while members of the public who pay for…

Trump ordered to be deposed & DOJ probes Trump ally: Ex-Trump lawyer reacts

🚨All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as WAR EXPLODES on Trump…

October 22, 2026

Volodymyr Zelensky; Katrin Bennhold; Marjana Koçeku; Itab Azzam; Jack MacInnes

Is It Time to Nationalize Elon Musk’s SpaceX?

Something is changing in Spain – and tenants are leading the way

One woman’s tragic fight to save her home sparked a nationwide challenge to the idea that we should settle for survival

Atiku to Tinubu: You claim Nigerians love you, yet your billboards in Kaduna require security guards

FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the reported deployment of security operatives to protect his campaign billboards in Kaduna, questioning the…