by Marcus Harrison Green Add mayoral candidate to Nikkita Oliver’s striking resume. On Wednesday the scholar, organizer, educator, lawyer, poet and boxer officially announced her candidacy for Seattle ...

words by Ari McKenna photography by Jovelle Tomayo Typically, democracy suffers when a state of emergency is declared, but White Center’s response to a quarantine site being prepared on an especially ...

At 5 pm on April 2, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced he would extend his Stay Home, Stay Healthy order another month until at least May 4.

by Will Sweger Friday morning three well-dressed men stood in the rain and decided who would wear one of the two hardhats they had. Around them, local television crews readied their equipment. The ...

Brett Hamil is a writer, cartoonist and performer living on the South End of Seattle. He produces the weekly comedy show Joketellers Union and the political comedy talk show The Seattle Process. The ...

The South Seattle Emerald is committed to holding space for a variety of viewpoints within our community, with the understanding that differing perspectives do not negate mutual respect amongst ...

Before the issue of community safety came to the forefront of the nation’s conscience after the BLM protests in 2020, members of the Rainier Beach community and the Rainier Beach Action Coalition ...

by Phyllis Porter Seattle once led the world in the micro-mobility and transportation sectors, but has since fallen far behind other cities in Washington State, such as Everett, Tacoma and Redmond, ...

UPDATE: Gov. Jay Inslee announced at a press conference on Thursday that he will extend the statewide eviction moratorium that had been set to expire at the beginning of August, through Oct 15.

by Marilyn Watkins As tax revenues fall with people out of work and whole industries shuttered, Washington’s state and local governments are laying off staff, reducing pay, and slashing services that ...

by Carolyn Bick King County has moved into Phase Two of Washington State’s Safe Start reopening plan, even as the number of novel coronavirus cases have increased. In a briefing on June 19, Health ...

In arguably South Seattle’s most event-packed weekend this summer, the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade transformed Rainier Avenue into a playground for a day, the Rainier Beach Back 2 School Bash ...