When we seek deep knowledge about low-income communities in our region, where do we turn? If King County is anything like Boston, new research by sociologist Jeremy Levine suggests that nonprofit community-based organizations may have “superseded elected officials as legitimate representatives of poor urban neighborhoods.”
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A new report by the Institute for Policy Studies grabbed headlines with a bold assertion: “Without change, African-American and Latino families won’t match white wealth for centuries.”
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“Washington has the most unfair state and local tax system in the country.” That’s how the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) describes our state in their 2015 Who Pays? report.
Read More1 in 5 King County teens is at risk of failing in school, and new research from Public Health – Seattle & King County revealed that the risk of academic failure was linked to students’ health.
Read MoreFive years after light rail came to King County, use of public transit by Tukwila commuters more than doubled (from 7% to 16%); at the same time, the share of Tukwila residents who drove to work alone dropped from 73% to 65%.
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