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July 2023

Derailing the defund: How SPD manipulated the media narrative around the 2020 protests
Illustration by Robin Hunt. https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/07/19/derailing-defund-how-spd-manipulated-media-narrative-around-2020-protests…

May 2023

Chaos and Banned Weapons: SPD’s Use of ‘Mutual Aid’ Police Departments in 2020
https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/05/30/chaos-and-banned-weapons-spds-use-of-mutual-aid-police-departments-in-2020/

April 2023

“Please Stop on the Teams Chat”: New Records Expose Mayor Durkan’s Role and Others in Abandonment of East Precinct
https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/04/27/please-stop-on-the-teams-chat-new-records-expose-mayor-durkans-role-and-others-in-abandonment-of-east-precinct/
The Next ‘Big One’ Could Mean Big Displacement for Seattle’s Black Population
https://southseattleemerald.com/2023/02/22/opinion-the-next-big-one-could-mean-big-displacement-for-seattles-black-population/

November 2022

Durkan’s Office Ordered Potable Water Shut Off to Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, in an apparent “covert and insidious way to get protestors…
https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/02/09/texts-reveal-durkans-office-used-covert-efforts-to-disperse-protesters/

October 2022

Jeff's Got Balls
You could argue that Amazon may live in the future, interacting with technologies well before us mortals see them in the mainstream. However, as the…
Wood-Washing
We all know palm oil makes things taste good. It’s the foundation of Nutella. We also know that rainforest clearing to start palm plantations has caused…
Commentary: Land Acknowledgements at the University of Washington
In 1851 twelve adults and twelve children of the Denny Party arrived at Alki and were quickly surrounded by encampments of “over a thousand” Indians…
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