Tarik Abdullah, also known as Chef T, is a community-based organizer and chef who has been feeding and educating communities and families in the South End for over a decade. Around 2013, he founded ...

Becky MacPherson’s exhibit “Continuously Drawn” showcases her drawings and paintings of local nature, such as a kingfisher. (Photo by Henry Behrens.) ...

There are a lot of people who are judgmental. But if you’ve never been in a homeless person’s shoes, who are you to judge? Walk a mile in their shoes and see how you feel. Homeless people aren’t bad ...

This isn’t just a feeling. Scarcity, or the perception of scarcity, creates in us a series of psychological and biological reactions that make us more guarded, fearful and even aggressive. We become ...

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Editor’s note: The views of the Real Change newsroom are separate from that of the organization. On the corner of Rainier Avenue South and South Orchard Street sits an empty lot covered in grass and ...

Brian Atler, the executive director of the Grand Illusion Cinema, sits criss-cross on the floor as he unscrews the bolts on one of the many seats within the small movie theater. Last August, Atler and ...

Another touchstone issue in Seattle’s comprehensive plan update is access to nature and trees. In 2021, Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment found that the city’s tree canopy declined by ...

On Jan. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the elimination of federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary people, their identity and any protections against ...