[250] For the 2015 election, this changed to a hybrid system of seven district members and two at-large members as a result of a ballot measure passed on November 5, 2013. She is a psychologist, administrator, and educator. [120][121], According to the ACS 1-year estimates, in 2018, the median income of a city household was $93,481, and the median income for a family was $130,656. [35] Like much of the American West, Seattle saw numerous conflicts between labor and management, as well as ethnic tensions that culminated in the anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886. [238], Seattle also boasts two collegiate sports teams based at the University of Washington and Seattle University, both competing in NCAA Division I for various sports. Other professional sports teams include the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s Seattle Storm, who won the WNBA championship on four occasions in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020;[200][201] and Major League Rugby (MLR)'s Seattle Seawolves, who won back-to-back championships in 2018 and 2019. Located across Lake Union from downtown, the park provides panoramic views of the Seattle skyline. She is an economist and the founder and president of the Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER), a nonprofit research organization. He is currently Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Crenshaw became world-famous in 1989 for creating the concept of intersectionality in a paper for the University of Chicago Law Forum. [240][241] The two schools have basketball and soccer teams that compete against each other in non-conference games and have formed a local rivalry due to their sporting success. Today, Seattle has high populations of Native, Scandinavian, Asian American and African American people, as well as a thriving LGBT community that ranks sixth in the United States by population. [150] Seattle's official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in 1981;[151][152] the reference is to the lush evergreen forests of the area. The Seattle Poetry Festival is a biennial poetry festival that (launched first as the Poetry Circus in 1997) has featured local, regional, national, and international names in poetry. She was also an Institute of Higher Education Law & Governance fellow at the University of Houston Law Center from 2008-2009. An extension north to the University of Washington opened on March 19, 2016[303] and further extensions are planned to reach Northgate and Lynnwood to the north, Federal Way to the south, and Bellevue and Redmond to the east by 2024. 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Steele's early work as a social psychologist centered around the study of addiction, especially alcohol abuse. Most of the city is in Washington's 7th congressional district, represented by Democrat Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman elected to Congress. [citation needed], Seattle is also well served by television and radio, with all major U.S. networks represented, along with at least five other English-language stations and two Spanish-language stations. [144] In 2005, Forbes ranked Seattle as the most expensive American city for buying a house based on the local income levels. The family returned to Ghana when Anthony was very young; thus, he grew up speaking Asante (a form of Twi) as well as English. Collins served as the President of the American Sociological Association from 2008-2009 and has received numerous grants, awards, honorary degrees, and board memberships. She earned her Ph.D. in American constitutional history from the University of Michigan in 1965, and also obtained a J.D. [261] For the first time in United States history, an openly gay black woman was elected to public office when Sherry Harris was elected as a Seattle city councillor in 1991. Tatum has published three books, as well as many articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Seattle has artist-run galleries,[190] including ten-year veteran Soil Art Gallery,[191] and the newer Crawl Space Gallery. [215] They successfully defended the title in the 2019 season.[216]. Our article, "The 50 Most Influential Living Philosophers," features West. The city has two official slogans or mottos: "The City of Flowers", meant to encourage the planting of flowers to beautify the city, and "The City of Goodwill", adopted prior to the 1990 Goodwill Games. : And Other Conversations About Race (Basic Books, 1997; revised edition, 2017), Can We Talk About Race? 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[259] It has also elected an openly gay mayor, Ed Murray,[260] and a third-party socialist councillor, Kshama Sawant. Collins' other works have broached public education ("Another Kind of Public Education") and the role of intellectuals in articulating social and political possibilities ("On Intellectual Activism"). [136] In February 2010, the city government committed Seattle to become North America's first "climate neutral" city, with a goal of reaching zero net per capita greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In 1984, she earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis. The tunnel's opening was delayed to February 2019 due to issues with the tunnel boring machine, which included a two-year halt in excavation. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity (Harvard UP, 2014), As If: Idealization and Ideals (Harvard UP, 2017), The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity (W.W. 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She also assisted the prominent civil rights activist Vernon Jordan in writing his memoir. In 1993, he earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford University. Other utility companies serving Seattle include Puget Sound Energy (natural gas, electricity), Seattle Steam Company (steam), Waste Management, Inc and Recology CleanScapes (curbside recycling, composting, and solid waste removal), CenturyLink, Frontier Communications, Wave Broadband, and Comcast (telecommunications and television). He has published several books of analytical philosophy, covering topics such as revolutionary Christianity and Marxist ethics. 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Norton, 2010), The Encyclopedia of Africa (Oxford UP, 2010), Lines of Descent: W.E.B. [143] In 2006 former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced a desire to spark a new economic boom driven by the biotechnology industry. The first such boom, covering the early years of the city, rode on the lumber industry. [246] The NHL ownership group reached its goal of 10,000 deposits within 12 minutes of opening a ticket drive, which later increased to 25,000 in 75 minutes. [103] In an average year, at least 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) of precipitation falls on 150 days, more than nearly all U.S. cities east of the Rocky Mountains. [307], Largest city in Washington, United States, This article is about the city. Seattle is considered the home of grunge music,[17] having produced artists such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Mudhoney, all of whom reached international audiences in the early 1990s. Philosophy | Critical Theory | Africana Studies. 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