Arts & Life See you at the library: Free KUOW speaker series connects you to our reporters Get a behind-the-scenes look into our headline stories and share your ideas and questions with KUOW journalists. Kristin Leong
Politics Uncovering the mysteries of telephone poles, RVs, and more Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Ashley Archibald, reporter at Real Change, David Kroman, city reporter for Crosscut, and Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stranger. Bill Radke
Politics Transforming or wasting money? Seattle council candidates debate homelessness spending Homelessness, safe-injection sites, rent control … incumbent Lisa Herbold and challenger Phil Tavel found a lot to disagree about Thursday night in their District 1 City Council debate in West Seattle. David Hyde Angela King
Politics Homeless outreach numbers are in for Seattle, and here's what they tell us The vast majority of homeless people who receive shelter referrals from Seattle’s Navigation Team aren’t showing up at those shelters. That’s according to newly released data from the city of Seattle. Kate Walters
You’re compassionate, so why aren’t you helping homeless people? Shankar Vedantam explains This is Shankar Vedantam’s interview with Kim Malcolm, which was so good we transcribed it (lightly edited for clarity). Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Seattle youth shelter moves into old fraternity house Seattle youth shelter moves into old fraternity house Casey Martin
Education Child homelessness has doubled in Washington state in the last decade More than 40,000 students are homeless in Washington state, and living without stable housing is hurting their performance at school. Those are some of the findings in a new Schoolhouse Washington report. Kate Walters
Politics Seattle could ban the use of hazardous RVs for housing Broken down RVs are used as homes for some of Seattle's vulnerable, un-housed population. Paige Browning
Politics Friday politics: Is a bus ride a ticket out of homelessness? KUOW's Angela King talks with Seattle Channel's Joni Balter and Q13's C.R. Douglas about new proposals to help ease the homelessness crisis in the Seattle metro area. Angela King
Politics Councilmember's plan for homelessness includes one-way ticket out of King County A one-way bus ticket so that homeless people can be reunited with their families. That’s one idea from King County council member Reagan Dunn who says Seattle has become a dead end street for homeless people and he’s rolled out a series of legislation. Ruby de Luna
