Tag: seattle
System fails in Seattle shootings
Certainly, celebrities and athletes have an edge in rehabilitation for their crimes, something that Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected of fatally shooting four Seattle policemen on Nov. 29, did not have, but had a knack for getting out of prison regardless.
Experiencing Hendrix’s Seattle
On a spring break to Washington, one has to keep in mind one of the state’s greatest contributors to music.
WTO summit sparks Seattle protests, conflict
The World Trade Organization (WTO) summit took place in Seattle from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 and was designed to review the global trading system and ensure its dynamism and responsiveness for the years ahead.
Public art exhibits result in controversy; artists entitled to freedom of expression
Since August, downtown Seattle's business district has been adorned with a series of stark banners, black on one side and white on the other. The 79 banners ask a series of questions about wealth and poverty, privilege and denial.