Real Change News spoke to Kavya Varkey, who founded a Heater Bloc chapter in Seattle. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Real Change: What is Heater Bloc? Kavya Varkey: Heater Bloc ...

This was far from the first hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC), one of the country’s largest immigrati ...

When Chris was accepted into permanent supportive housing at Plymouth Housing in 2024, everything changed. He now has his own apartment with no expiration date, a primary care provider, routine mental ...

Things like “We will punch you all in your faces” or “We will make your mothers mourn you.” These expressions are right up there with “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.

Should I keep this metaphor going until a hairy elephant surrenders and a petunia sprouts from its body? I think it’s important to not just think, but to think about your thinking. The more you think ...

Our communities are facing a housing shortage and affordability crisis. From Spokane to Aberdeen, middle-class families are struggling to afford modest starter homes and even higher-income families ...

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Seattle’s experiment to boost democratic participation is underway: Democracy vouchers, a new way to finance campaigns for public office, have hit mailboxes all over town. Voters approved the voucher ...

Editor’s Note: This author is affiliated with Representative Shaun Scott and is a member of the Seattle Democratic Socialists of America.

Around 150 protesters gathered last Wednesday on the sidewalk outside the Sabey Corporation’s headquarters in Tukwila, Washington, to voice their concerns about the real estate corporation renting ...