Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them
After filling the city-funded rooms, the nonprofit was told to let them empty out — even as the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension.
Seattle Activists Win Excessive Compensation Tax to Fund Social Housing
This huge victory is one more example of how cities and states can beat the oligarchs and ‘Trump-proof’ their communities.
‘Inspiring’: Seattle Voters Say Yes to Corporate Tax Hike to Fund Social Housing
"This victory is just the latest sign that Americans are fed up with overpaid CEOs—and want to use tax policies to crack down on the problem," one advocate said.
Hedges: How to Defeat the Billionaire Class
There are ways to defeat the billionaire class and many of these tactics have been pioneered or refined by Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant and the Socialist Alternative party in…
Kshama Sawant: Bringing Socialism to Seattle
Robert Scheer sits down with Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant to discuss the changing face of socialism in this country.