Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
A teriyaki joint shuttered by the government's social distancing order asked for help with the rent from two landlords. The responses could hardly have been...
Farm field workers, many undocumented, have now been categorized by the Department of Homeland Security as "essential critical infrastructure workers" during the pandemic.
Washington voters turned out to the polls in nation-leading fashion in March. The reason we were able to do that — even as we were...
The news that Seattle and King County have put up 1,900 emergency shelter beds for the homeless in the last three weeks makes you wonder:...
School leaders in Seattle have said our district is too big and diverse to transition to online learning in the face of coronavirus, writes columnist...
Suddenly everybody's a fan of big government, now that a crisis has hit. But we're not ready for this one -- precisely because of the...
Steve Shulman, longtime grocer and community figure at Leschi Market along Lake Washington in Seattle, died Wednesday night from the effects of COVID-19, his family...
When the longtime owner of the tiny Leschi Market along Lake Washington came down with COVID-19, the coronavirus hit home for generations of his patrons...
From 'quarantinis' to sex, what are the rules of the coronavirus avoidance strategy known as social distancing? A Seattle 'Infection Preventionist' answers our etiquette questions,...
Bernie Sanders was widely expected in recent months to win our Democratic primary, just as he had steamrolled the Democratic caucuses here against mainstream favorite...