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- The Wealth Gap and the Labor Question
A critical look at the ethics of extreme wealth versus the necessity of creating work over charity for the poor.
- The Tax Revolt in Willapa Harbor
Citizens in Pacific County gather to protest unequal and unfair property assessments that favored railroad interests.
- Aberdeen Labor Organizers Take a Stand
Assembly No. 10192 of the Knights of Labor passes a resolution pledging support for the Sailors' Union in their struggle for living wages.
- The Mystery of the Altered State Tax Law
A suspicious, unexplained edit to an enrolled bill threatens to protect railroads from paying their fair share of taxes.
- The Hidden Metal Powering the Electric Age
A rare, inaccessible metal from the Ural Mountains has become as valuable as gold, and it is the only thing keeping the world's incandescent light bulbs from shattering.
- The Tax Reformer of Tacoma
A scathing 1888 editorial argues that tax exemptions for the wealthy create a 'system of injustice' that the state must dismantle for the sake of the common good.
- Farmers and Railroad Kings: A Unequal Debate
Walla Walla's wheat growers face a deck stacked against them as railroad presidents arrive to ‘discuss’ freight rates on their own terms.
- The Price of Marriage: Judge Hanford’s Ruling on Community Debt
A federal judge defines the unequal stakes for husbands and wives when a spouse faces a crushing legal judgment.
- The Art of Being a Good Sports Fan
A local sports editor scolds Seattle fans for their 'modest' behavior and lack of school spirit during a recent football match against Tacoma.
- The North End's Water Works Fairness Fight
Tacoma’s City Council faces accusations of unequal treatment regarding public infrastructure costs for water hydrants.
- The Industrial Boom of 1888: How Seattle Transformed Overnight
A deep dive into the frantic, unprecedented expansion of manufacturing that saw Seattle evolve from a simple lumber town into a bustling industrial center within a single year.
- The Forgotten Stakeholders of the Rails
In an 1877 labor manifesto, Wendell Phillips argues that capital has failed the American worker and that mutual committees are the only path to economic peace.
- Railroad Switchmen Walk Out in Massive Strike
Everett switchmen join a regional effort to shut down rail traffic from the Great Lakes to the Pacific in a fight for higher wages and safer working conditions.
- The Townsite Scandal: Port Angeles Residents Revolt
Settlers on the Port Angeles military reserve hang an appraiser in effigy after discovering their land values were arbitrarily jacked up.
- The Push for a Western Migration
In 1877, Seattle boosters and railroad agents mapped out a deliberate campaign to transform the Puget Sound basin from a 'remote' wilderness into a thriving, industrial metropolis.
- The Great Representation Scandal of 1886
A look back at how political gerrymandering in Washington Territory left voters with wildly unequal voices in their own government.
- The Boomtown Hype of Queen Anne Hill
A classic 19th-century real estate advertisement paints a dream of rapid transit and prosperity on Seattle’s growing northern skyline.
- The Paper Trail That Went Up in Smoke
A King County tax assessor admitted that sworn property records were routinely burned, sparking a public outcry over local fiscal transparency.
- The Waterfront Conflict: Escalating Violence on Yesler's Wharf
Tensions boil over as displaced workers and local youth clash in a series of violent altercations on the Seattle waterfront.
- A Call to Protect Seattle’s Working Girls
An early 1892 opinion piece urges the creation of a 'working-girl's clubhouse' to provide safety and community for young women alone in the city.
- Seattle's Laundries Form a Combine—and Put the Squeeze on Drivers
Every major laundry in the city unites to end price-cutting, fix a uniform rate schedule, and hold delivery drivers personally liable for the goods they carry.
- Kennewick Pushes Back on Cost of Scenic Highway Promotion
The Kennewick Commercial Club rebels against an unequal funding proposal for a regional automobile route.
- Seattle's schoolhouses couldn't keep up with the boom
A new census showed Seattle's school-age population far outstripping its two schools, forcing the district to plan a third—and maybe a fourth and fifth—building.
- The Romantic Ruin of a Seattle Dreamer
A young woman in 1878 Seattle finds her intellectual ambitions derailed by a fleeting, unequal affair with a local 'villain.'
- Seattle Takes the Pennant as the Pacific Northwest League Folds
Four clubs vote to end a money-losing season; Seattle is awarded the second-half title, and a championship series with Portland is proposed.