The International Special Review District (ISRD) board decided on Dec. 10 to move forward with the final design and demolition of the Four Seas Restaurant on 714 South King Street. Developed by InterIm, a new building will rise in its place—provisionally called Uncle Bob’s Place. It will have eight stories with commercial space on the […]
EDITORIAL: Can you say: conflict of interest?
If you read this newspaper’s front page story, you saw that InterIm is challenging the results of the recent International Special Review District (ISRD) election.
EDITORIAL: Spread the love: say ‘thank you’
Aside from ‘I love you,’ there aren’t many more sweeter words in the English language than ‘thank you.’ And as we kick off the 2019 holiday season this weekend, think about the person or people in your life whom you haven’t thanked lately. For many, Thanksgiving is usually more of a personally-focused celebration, including sharing […]
EDITORIAL: A new citizenship roadblock
Various immigrant rights groups filed suit on Oct. 30, on behalf of organizations and communities who will be irreparably harmed by new rules for citizenship applicants. Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Protect Democracy, and Mayer Brown LLP said the new rules, announced on Oct. 25, will make it much harder […]
EDITORIAL: Harvard admissions
A group that opposes affirmative action said it would appeal an Oct. 1 ruling in which U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs concluded that Harvard’s “holistic” admissions policy does not violate the Constitution by giving Blacks and Hispanics what the university terms a “plus factor” advantage denied to Asian Americans and whites. Students for […]
EDITORIAL: Yang media blackout?
Two NBC News journalists apologized to Andrew Yang on Sept. 6 after the Democratic presidential hopeful called out an on-screen graphic that omitted his name when listing candidates participating in the upcoming Sept. 12 debate. Yang tweeted an image of the faulty graphic, saying NBC “may have miscounted.” NBC News senior producer Michael Hopper initially […]
EDITORIAL: A tournament to remember
Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, Serena Williams, Qiang Wang, Kristie Ahn. Those were just some of the women who took the world stage over the Labor Day weekend in the 2019 U.S. Open—Women’s Singles. They are all women of color. Forbes.com asked if the rising wave of young women of color was influenced by Serena Williams […]
EDITORIAL: Trump wants to limit legal immigration
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s “public charge” rule is officially final. The new measures are scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 15 and could result in legal immigrants in the United States being denied immigration benefits if they are deemed unable to look after themselves financially or are a “public charge” because they […]
EDITORIAL: Stop the hate
A USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll taken on Aug. 5 and 6, in the wake of deadly violence in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, shows that Americans overwhelmingly blame the mental health system, racism and white nationalism, and loose gun laws for the series of mass shootings. Nearly three of four Democrats polled, 74 percent, say […]
EDITORIAL: Democratic Presidential debates, Round 2
Democratic presidential hopefuls will appear on stage in Detroit on two separate nights in the upcoming week. Only 20 candidates qualified for this round of debates—they were selected based on a combination of polling performance and grassroots fundraising. Here are the lineups each night: Tuesday, July 30: Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, […]
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