Kshama Sawant
Amazon Spent $1.5 Million Trying to Buy a City Council Seat
Amazon spent $1.5 million to beat Kshama Sawant and back its approved candidates. It may have ended up unifying its opposition.
Will the Climate Change March Make a Difference?
On Sunday, more than 300,000 people came out for the People's Climate March in Manhattan, a historic turnout that thrilled organizers.
Seattle Just Started a Nationwide Push for a $15 Minimum Wage
A policy that was once a left-wing pipe dream is set to become reality in the Emerald City, and a handful of liberal metropolises across the country are scrambling to keep pace.
How Seattle Passed the Highest Minimum Wage In America
The city has instituted an increase that will pay a minimum wage of $15 by 2021, potentially cutting poverty by 30 percent.
Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage Plan Is Probably Not Going to Crash Its Economy
Some writers have been wringing their hands about how the minimum wage hike in Seattle will spell doom, but we should be celebrating instead of panicking.
Is Seattle's Socialist City Council Member Going to Show Us How to Ditch the Two-Party System?
Sawant's proud left-wing views have earned her massive grassroots support—a show of force that has turned heads among local insiders.
Is Seattle's Socialist City Council Member Going to Show Us How to Ditch the Two-Party System?
Kshama Sawant is going to try, at least.