Media Mentions
- Armed With a Popular Podcast, Ex-Mayor McGinn Keeps a Bully Pulpit Seattle Weekly, 12/2/2015
- Timeline: Bertha’s Two-Year Nightmare Before Christmas The Stranger, 12/2/2015
- City Recount Rules Differ from State Rules, Ethics Director Says Publicola, 12/1/2015
- THIS YEAR’S BUDGET AND NEXT YEAR’S PLANS FOR HOUSING NOW The Urbanist, 12/1/2015
- Why Is the City of Seattle’s Legislative Wish List for Olympia So Maddeningly Vague?SLOG, 12/1/2015
- How One City Is Making Sure Bosses Comply With Wage Theft and Paid Sick Leave LawsIn These Times, 11/30/2015
- 5 ways to fix public safety in the International District Seattle Globalist, 11/24/2015
- A 30-resident ’tiny house’ encampment is rising at 22nd and Union Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 11/24/2015
- Council Passes Budget After Skirmish Over Sawant Amendment to Expand Parental LeavePublicola, 11/24/2015
- Police prepare for Black Lives Matter protest, tree-lighting at Westlake Seattle Times, 11/24/2015
- Protesters plan return to Christmas tree lighting ceremony King5.com, 11/24/2015
- Seattle City Council rejects 12-week paid parental leave MyNorthwest.com, 11/24/2015
- Seattle police prepared to make arrests should Black Friday protests get out of hand Q13 FOX, 11/24/2015
- The Coming Council Battle Over Parental Leave Will Tell Us Who Really Won the 2015 Election Cycle Horse's Ass, 11/24/2015
- What If the City Allowed Homeless Encampments in Residential Neighborhoods? SLOG, 11/24/2015
- "No" Vote Isn’t Stopping Push for Municipal Broadband in Seattle Next City, 11/23/2015
- City Council Approves 2016 Budget, Kills Another Attempt at Expanding Paid Parental Leave SLOG, 11/23/2015
- City Council passes 2016 budget with lone ’no’ vote from Sawant Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 11/23/2015
- Council sets budget without big parental leave boost Crosscut, 11/23/2015
- Eeeee! The Budget is Adopted Today!!! (UPDATE) Seattlish, 11/23/2015
- Plan to give city workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave fails again Seattle Times, 11/23/2015
- Guest Editorial: An Open Letter to My Colleagues on the Seattle City Council SLOG, 11/22/2015
- Sawant: Seattle must stand up to wave of bigotry Seattle Globalist, 11/22/2015
- Seattle Council should meet its own parental leave goals Crosscut, 11/21/2015
- In Last Minute Push for Paid Parental Leave, Bruce Harrell Has the Deciding Vote Seattle Weekly, 11/20/2015
- Budget Committee Passes Balanced City Budget Capitol Hill Times, 11/18/2015
- City Councilmembers, Human Rights Commission Express Concerns About Private Prison Contract Seattle Medium, 11/18/2015
- City Seeks to Regulate Airbnb, Council Scuttles Sawant’s Bonding Plan for Housing, King County Elections Likely to Recount in West Seattle Publicola, 11/18/2015
- Kshama Sawant To Lead Forum On Rent Control and LGBTQ Affordable Housing Seattle Gay Scene, 11/18/2015
- Council Shoots Down Signature Sawant Budget Amendments Publicola, 11/17/2015
- Budget progress: Sawant at center of council contention Crosscut, 11/16/2015
- City Council budget debate includes Capitol Hill LGBTQ center plan - UPDATE Capitol Hill Times, 11/16/2015
- City Council Votes Against Basically Everything Because Sure Why Not Seattlish, 11/16/2015
- City Council Votes Against Municipal Broadband and More Paid Parental Leave (and For Some Good Stuff, Too) SLOG, 11/16/2015
- Last-Minute Budget Battle Focuses on Homelessness and LGBTQ Center, Northwest Film Forum Focuses on Abortion Publicola, 11/16/2015
- Sawant won, now what? Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 11/16/2015
- Seattle city council votes down municipal broadband pilot project Geekwire, 11/16/2015
- Seattle likely to put more money toward homeless help King5.com, 11/16/2015
- Seattle set to spend more than $47 million on homelessness in 2016 Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 11/16/2015
- Tom Rasmussen’s SLI Re: Services for LGBTQ Makes Zero Mention of LGBTQ PeopleSeattlish, 11/16/2015
- While I Support the Mayor’s Commitment... Seattlish, 11/16/2015
- Yesterday’s Budget Called ’Balanced and Sustainable,’ ’Wise,’and ’A Victory’ Seattlish, 11/16/2015
- BUILDING THE MOVEMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW The Urbanist, 11/13/2015
- King County Continues to Embarrass the City of Seattle on Paid Parental Leave SLOG, 11/13/2015
- The Cost of Staying in Seattle Seattle Magazine, 11/13/2015
- Though Very Much in a Downpour, City Council Won’t Direct Rainy Day Fund Money to Homeless Seattle Weekly, 11/13/2015
- City Council Approves Sweeping Affordable Housing Legislation Capitol Hill Times, 11/12/2015
- Guest Editorial: Tell City Council to Build All the Things Seattlish, 11/12/2015
- In Budget Fight with Mayor Murray, Homeless Advocates Want $2.3 Million from Rainy Day Fund: "It’s Raining Now!" They Say Publicola, 11/12/2015
- Saying "It’s Pouring Now," Advocates Ask Mayor to Divert $2 Million Away from Rainy Day Fund to Fight Homelessness SLOG, 11/12/2015
- Can Seattle Launch a Movement for a New Kind of Workers’ Union? The Stranger, 11/11/2015
- Will developers bite at the carrot Seattle has at the end of its stick? MyNorthwest.com, 11/11/2015
- Capitol Hill building owner objects to ’economic eviction’ accusations Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 11/10/2015
- Seattle officials debate $5M proposal to test municipal broadband network Geekwire, 11/10/2015
- TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING: SEATTLE ADOPTS A COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE The Urbanist, 11/10/2015
- City Council Passes New Fee on Developers and Sets Stage for More Housing Affordability Work Next Year SLOG, 11/9/2015
- Seattle Homeless Crisis: NAACP Says Plan Must Look At Race KUOW, 11/9/2015
- Pushed by Anti-Prison Activists, City Council Considers Spending $600,000 on Alternatives to Youth Detention SLOG, 11/6/2015
- Value of this old Seattle apartment building climbs 80 percent in four years Puget Sound Business Journal, 11/6/2015
- Report: Equality Lacking In Seattle Restaurant Industry Capitol Hill Times, 11/5/2015
- Seattle inspection law may be slum lords’ best friend King5.com, 11/5/2015
- Civil Emergency Proclamation Seattlish, 11/3/2015
- In Fighting Comcast, City Leaders Differ on Scope of Public Internet Access Seattle Weekly, 11/3/2015
- Kshama Sawant Adds More Funding for the Tenants Union into Her Budget RequestsSeattlish, 11/2/2015
- Council Will Vote On City-Run Beacon Hill Gigabit Broadband Network SLOG, 10/30/2015
- New Report Confirms That the Restaurant Industry Is Plagued by Racial and Gender Disparity SLOG, 10/30/2015
- Sawant Proposes Commercial Rent Control, Tax for Night Transit Service Seattle Transit Blog, 10/30/2015
- Commentary: Adding Up the People’s Budget South Seattle Emerald, 10/29/2015
- Does Seattle’s Budget Do Enough for Equity? Next City, 10/29/2015
- Muni Broadband! Electric Cars! LGBTQ Elder Care! Your Guide to Today’s City Budget TalksSeattle Weekly, 10/29/2015
- Report: Wage theft, paid sick law violations common among Seattle restaurant workersCapitol Hill Seattle Blog, 10/29/2015
- Hey, Seattle Politicians, Get to Work! The Stranger, 10/28/2015
- Sawant Announces ’Progressive Plan’ For Small Businesses Capitol Hill Times, 10/28/2015
- How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way The Nation, 10/27/2015
- Fight on This Capitol Hill, Fight on That Capitol Hill, and Kumbaya at City Hall Between Sawant and Meinert Publicola, 10/27/2015
- http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2015/10/27/sawant-calls-for-rent-control-municipal-bank-to.html?ana=twt Puget Sound Business Journal, 10/27/2015
- Kshama Sawant and Dave Meinert, Unlikely BFFs, Introduce Small Business Plan TogetherSLOG, 10/27/2015
- New push in Seattle for rent control for businesses kirotv.com, 10/27/2015
- Rent control for small business: Sawant and Capitol Hill owners have a plan Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 10/27/2015
- Sawant pitches commercial rent control in Seattle as Banks calls for loans, grants Seattle Times, 10/27/2015
- Sawant rolls out commercial rent control, other plans aimed at small businesses Seattle PI, 10/27/2015
- Sawant’s new rent control idea, without the advice of city attorney Crosscut, 10/27/2015
- Seattle councilmember wants rent control for businesses King5.com, 10/27/2015
- The Morning News: Decriminalizing the Bus, A New Rent Stabilization Plan, and a Yoga Hate Crime SLOG, 10/27/2015
- HERE IS THE BUDGET Seattlish, 10/26/2015
- Sawant and Capitol Hill nightlife owner team up for small business rent control plan - UPDATE Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 10/26/2015
- Seattle City Council pledges support for Planned Parenthood Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 10/20/2015
- City Council passes resolution to allow cities to control rent increases and protect tenantsReal Change, 10/19/2015
- Ordinance aims to halt rent increases for subpar housing King5.com, 10/15/2015
- Proposal would prohibit rent hikes on dilapidated properties - Capitol Hill building eyedCapitol Hill Seattle Blog, 10/15/2015
- Seattle is 2015’s 6th Greenest City & More News Seattle Magazine, 10/15/2015
- Bill would bar Seattle rent hikes for unfit apartments Seattle Times, 10/14/2015
- Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata Introduce "Carl Haglund Law" to Ban Rent Hikes at Uninhabitable Apartment Buildings SLOG, 10/14/2015
- Rents and tempers on the rise Real Change, 10/14/2015
- The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel on Bernie Sanders, Kshama Sawant, and Running a 150-Year-Old Political Magazine SLOG, 10/14/2015
- http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/10/13/23002339/seattle-city-council-votes-to-acknowledge-historical-traumas-of-american-indian-boarding-school-policy SLOG, 10/13/2015
- Local indigenous peoples gather to reconcile history on Columbus Day Crosscut, 10/13/2015
- Seattle council members seek to protect tenants from rent hikes kirotv.com, 10/13/2015
- Seattle Swaps Columbus Day For ’Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ KUOW, 10/12/2015
- On second Indigenous Peoples Day, more work to be done Seattle Globalist, 10/11/2015
- Advocates push city of Seattle to use orphan properties for affordable housing Seattle Times, 10/10/2015
- Controversial Landlord Haglund Faces Fines of $165,000 in West Seattle Case Over Tenant Relocation Assistance Seattle Times, 10/9/2015
- Judge hammers ’Seattle Goliath of housing’ who sued ex-tenant over Yelp review Seattle PI, 10/9/2015
- In pepper spraying teacher, Chief O’Toole blames system, not officer Crosscut, 10/8/2015
- SPD Chief: Command Staff Share Blame, But Not Discipline, With Violent Cop Seattle Weekly, 10/8/2015
- Blabbermouth: Our Week-in-Review Podcast Talks to Kshama Sawant About EverythingSLOG, 9/26/2015
- Letter to President Xi Seattlish, 9/24/2015
- FOLLOWUP: West Seattle surplus substations’ future goes before council committee West Seattle Blog, 9/23/2015
- Has the leopard changed his spots? Real Change, 9/23/2015
- Welcome to College, Now Pay Attention to Local Politics The Stranger, 9/23/2015
- Will Fair Scheduling be the Next Labor Fight to Hit Seattle? SLOG, 9/23/2015
- Anti-Racist Organizers Win as Seattle Council Votes to End Youth Incarceration YES! , 9/22/2015
- Council Passes Rent Control Resolution, But Not the One You Think Seattle Weekly, 9/22/2015
- Developers Scoff at Both Sawant and Burgess Publicola, 9/22/2015
- Seattle also resolves to end youth detention Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 9/22/2015
- SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RENT CONTROL RESOLUTION, NEW TENANT RENTAL PROTECTIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION ORDINANCES The Urbanist, 9/22/2015
- Seattle City Council moves forward on rent control - sort of Puget Sound Business Journal, 9/22/2015
- Seattle Energy Committee to discuss possible sales of former substations in West SeattleWest Seattle Herald, 9/22/2015
- Burgess Passes Rent Resolution, Sawant Claims Victory Publicola, 9/21/2015
- City Council Passes Rent Control Resolution (And Does a Couple Other Good Things for Renters You Might Have Missed) SLOG, 9/21/2015
- Council also passes a watered-down version of Sawant’s rent control resolution Seattlish, 9/21/2015
- Now Tim Burgess Has His Own Rent Control Resolution SLOG, 9/21/2015
- Seattle City Council passes resolution urging Legislature to allow cities to limit rent increases Q13 FOX, 9/21/2015
- Seattle City Council takes another spin at resolution calling for end to rent control ban - UPDATE: Passed Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 9/21/2015
- Seattle seeks authority to enact rent laws Seattle Times, 9/21/2015
- UPDATE: Zero youth incarceration resolution passes Seattle City Council unanimouslySeattlish, 9/21/2015
- Capitol Hill a ’laboratory’ of affordable, sustainable living for Capitol Hill Housing Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 9/20/2015
- Is Kshama Sawant pushing rent control for political gain? MyNorthwest.com, 9/18/2015
- Lame Ducks’ Last Stand: Why the Rent Control Resolution Is a Matter of When, Not IfSeattle Weekly, 9/18/2015
- Rantz talks with Councilmember Kshama Sawant who admits that her rent control push is politically motivated, but that doesn’t make it wrong. KIRO Radio, 9/18/2015
- Should Seattle give noncitizens the vote? Seattle Globalist, 9/18/2015
- An Uber Economy Bill of Rights, a Candidate Forum, and Rent Control Publicola, 9/17/2015
- Battered rent control resolution crawls its way to the full council Crosscut, 9/17/2015
- Council Committee Splits Vote on Rent Control Publicola, 9/17/2015
- John Okamoto Didn’t Block the Rent Control Resolution, So Today It Gets Some Council Discussion SLOG, 9/17/2015
- Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata are presenting their rent control resolution tomorrowSeattlish, 9/17/2015
- Rent control issue divides Seattle council committee King5.com, 9/17/2015
- Rent control resolution fails on split vote by Seattle Housing Committee kirotv.com, 9/17/2015
- Rent Control Resolution Gets Split Vote in City Council Committee, Looks Unlikely to Pass Full Council SLOG, 9/17/2015
- Rent control resolution goes to council on a split vote and also Tom Rasmussen can fuck right off Seattlish, 9/17/2015
- Rent-control debate turns raucous at Seattle City Council committee hearing Q13 FOX, 9/17/2015
- Seattle City Council deadlocks on rent-control resolution Seattle Times, 9/17/2015
- State lawmakers say lifting ban on rent control unlikely King5.com, 9/17/2015
- The Morning News: Council Takes Up Rent Control as Data Shows Seattle’s Wealthiest Are Renting More Than Before SLOG, 9/17/2015
- City Council Continues Rolling Out Affordable Housing Legislation Capitol Hill Times, 9/16/2015
- Seattle City Council considers call to end state ban on rent control Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 9/16/2015
- VIDEO: Seattle Councilwoman Says Striking Teachers Are Resisting Years of Attacks by Democrats, GOP TruthDig, 9/16/2015
- "Tentative Agreement" Reached Between Striking Teachers and Seattle Schools DistrictPublicola, 9/15/2015
- Kshama Sawant: Teachers have come under ’ferocious assault’ MyNorthwest.com, 9/15/2015
- Seattle Strike Enters Fifth Day as Teachers Protest Testing Policies, Racial Inequity & Low Wages Democracy Now, 9/15/2015
- The Top Six News Moments of 2014 Seattle Weekly, 12/30/2014
- Seattle Met and PubliCola’s Super Task Force to Save the City Seattle Met, 12/24/2014
- Video Editorial: Get with "the Process," Kshama SLOG, 12/24/2014
- Mayor’s Task Force Says City Should Allow Homeless Camps SLOG, 12/19/2014
- The Bertha mess: Did Seattle bring it on itself? Crosscut, 12/19/2014
- Mayor’s task force wants more tent cities for the homeless Seattle Times, 12/18/2014
- Seattle City Council split on tunnel with some calling it ’boondoggle,’ others ’essential’MyNorthwest.com, 12/16/2014
- Stuck tunnel raises political dust-up on Seattle City Council Seattle Times, 12/15/2014
- What We Learned at Today’s Update on the Sinking Around the Downtown Tunnel ProjectSLOG, 12/15/2014
- City Considers Municipal Bank The Urbanist, 12/11/2014
- 2014 Was a Historic Year in the Fight for a Higher Minimum Wage Policy Mic, 12/10/2014
- 2014’s 50 Game-Changers - Kshama Sawant The Verge, 12/9/2014
- City council approves $1.2 million to aid homeless over next two years International Examiner, 12/5/2014
- Activists Fight to Stop New Youth Jail in Seattle New America Media, 12/4/2014
- City and County Priorities in Olympia Publicola, 12/4/2014
- Seattle City Councilmember Sawant charged with disorderly conduct Seattle Times, 12/3/2014
- The budget: Small addition, big changes Real Change, 12/3/2014
- A Prosecutor Has to Be Almost - or Actually - Trying to Not Get a Grand Jury IndictmentSLOG, 12/2/2014
- The Decade-Long Dance Between Alaska Airlines and Minimum-Wage Activists Seattle Weekly, 12/2/2014
- On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Wealth Gap in the US Is Putting People Out of Work, and More Truthout, 12/1/2014
- Seattle City Council rejects ’Stepping Forward,’ rent hike proposal still under fireInternational Examiner, 11/26/2014
- Sawant says she’s voting "no" on Seattle budget Seattle Times blog, 11/24/2014
- Seattle To Provide Tent Cities With Internet So Homeless People Can Communicate, Look For Jobs Huffington Post, 11/24/2014
- Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant Among Those Arrested at Minimum Wage ProtestCommon Dreams, 11/20/2014
- Seattle City Council’s Sawant, 3 others arrested at protest over lawsuit to block $15 wageQ13 FOX, 11/19/2014
- This Is What Happens When the Left Takes Over the City Budget SLOG, 11/17/2014
- ’Millionaires tax’ possible in Seattle? Council asks the city’s lawyers Seattle Times, 11/14/2014
- A wage deferred Real Change, 11/14/2014
- Is Mayor Murray Reneging on a Plan to Quickly Raise the Minimum Wage for City Workers? SLOG, 11/14/2014
- Jolt: Sawant Accelerates $15 Pay for City Workers Publicola, 11/14/2014
- Living Wage dream come true Unite the Union, 11/14/2014
- MPs snub living wage debate, US socialist leader backs 10 Pounds/hour in UK RT, 11/14/2014
- Seattle to toughen law against problem of wage theft Seattle Times, 11/14/2014
- Godden, O’Brien, Sawant push to accelerate City Hall raises Seattlish, 11/12/2014
- Hey City Employees, have you gotten raises yet? Seattlish, 11/12/2014
- Human service activists request more funding from City Council International Examiner, 11/12/2014
- Metro bus service to get boost with passage of Prop. 1 Seattle Times, 11/12/2014
- Sawant Revives Head Tax Seattle Transit Blog, 11/12/2014
- Seattle City Council may put city employees on $15 an hour fast track Seattle Times blog, 11/12/2014
- Seattle council considers ’Millionaires Tax’ King5.com, 11/12/2014
- Kshama Sawant leads conversation at UW The Daily, 10/29/2014
- Sawant revised tax package for Seattle transit Seattle Times, 10/29/2014
- Seattle’s Most Influential People of 2014 Seattle Magazine, 10/29/2014
- Mayor’s budget shorts Seattle’s historic labor-law efforts, advocates say Investigate West, 10/22/2014
- Is it Time to Bring Back Rent Control in Seattle? Seattle Magazine, 10/22/2014
- Socialist Seattle Politician Kshama Sawant: We Need a Radical Militant Nonviolent Climate Movement Democracy Now, 10/22/2014
- A Majority of Our City Council Is at a Swanky Resort With the Seattle Chamber of Commerce SLOG, 10/16/2014
- Sawant blasts Seattle City Council spending on business conference Seattle Times, 10/16/2014
- People’s Budget discussed by Sawant as most City Elected Officials head to Chamber of Commerce retreat on taxpayer dime City of Seattle News Release, 10/15/2014
- Councilmember Sawant explains the importance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, talks other hot issues Q13 FOX, 10/14/2014
- Columbus Day, or ’Indigenous Peoples’ Day’? New York Times, 10/13/2014
- Seattle Marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day Amid Calls to End Federal Holiday Celebrating Columbus Democracy Now, 10/13/2014
- Socialist City Councilmember on Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai: "Socialism is the Only Answer" Democracy Now, 10/13/2014
- Seattle Swaps Columbus Day For ’Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ NPR, 10/12/2014
- Stepping back Real Change, 10/8/2014
- Native Americans cheer city’s new Indigenous Peoples’ Day Seattle Times, 10/6/2014
- ’You have to be audacious’: Kshama Sawant tells Vancouver’s Left how to win Rabble, 10/3/2014
- Introverted Socialist Real Change, 10/1/2014
- The War Over Wages, City by City Huffington Post, 10/1/2014
- Does the Mayor’s Housing Affordability Committee Include Anyone Displaced by Rising Rents? SLOG, 9/25/2014
- Council Member Sawant Criticizes Murray’s Affordable Housing Committee KPLU, 9/25/2014
- Sawant challenges Seattle City Light rates, seeks big break for renters, homeowners Q13 FOX, 9/24/2014
- Seattle councillor Kshama Sawant brings $15 minimum-wage campaign to VancouverStraight, 9/24/2014
- Sawant wants Seattle City Light to flatten rates, help residents Seattle Times, 9/23/2014
- Outrage at Seattle Housing Authority’s Rent Hike Plan SLOG, 9/19/2014
- Hundreds protest rent hikes for public housing kirotv.com, 9/15/2014
- Seattle Housing Authority plan for raising rents worries tenants Seattle Times, 9/15/2014
- Sawant, Licata call for head tax, higher parking tax to help Metro Transit Seattle Times, 5/19/2014
- Actual Socialist Gives Rebuttal To Obama's State Of The Union Address Huffington Post, 1/29/2014
- Seattle's Socialist councilwoman to accept less than half of $117K salary NBC News, 1/27/2014
- Proposed utility rate increases don't fly with newly-elected Sawant King5.com, 1/23/2014
- Sawant forges two paths in pursuit of a $15-an-hour minimum wage for Seattle Real Change, 1/23/2014
- Seattle Public Utilities warns of rate hike in 2015 kirotv.com, 1/22/2014
- Third party politics' rare victory in US city Aljazeera, 1/21/2014
- Seattle Martin Luther King Jr Day March highlights $15 minimum wage kirotv.com, 1/20/2014
- Maximum energy at Seattle rally to push for $15 minimum wage Seattle Times, 1/12/2014
- A Socialist Elected in Seattle: Kshama Sawant on Occupy, Fight for 15, Boeing's Democracy Now, 1/6/2014
- Seattle Swears In a Socialist The Nation, 1/6/2014
- Socialist Sworn In as Seattle City Council Member New York Times, 1/6/2014
- Seawall-project estimates rise Seattle Times, 12/31/2013
- The year's 5 biggest political heroes Salon, 12/31/2013