Seattle is on the verge of a major change for its city council, highlighted by a slew of more moderate newcomers who will be ...

Seattle councilmember cites system’s link to tech industry When Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant introduced legislation this week to ban caste discrimination in Seattle, her supporters ...

Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who wrote the legislation, said the fight against caste bias "is deeply connected to the fight against all forms of oppression". Advocates of the ban say that it is ...

SEATTLE - Socialist and former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant protested with striking workers outside Cherry Street ...

Socialist incumbent Kshama Sawant edged closer to her big business-funded opponent in votes tallied Thursday – a trend that could put her alongside a handful of other progressive candidates Amazon ...

With only 2,500 ballots left to count, Socialist Alternative's Kshama Sawant has a 1,515-vote edge over Egan Orion in District 3. Sawant led the movement for Seattle's $15 per hour minimum wage ...

"Soundside" host Libby Denkmann talks with AXIOS reporter Melissa Santos about Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant's rent-control proposal. The November elections are over, but there’s ...

Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant is a leader in Seattle's movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But even that, she says, won't be enough to overcome an economic system that's not ...

Kshama Sawant is a revolutionary socialist, a founding member of Workers Strike Back, and a former Seattle City Councilmember who helped win the first $15/hour minimum wage in a major city and the ...

“It was just like being in an activist centre like this,” he quipped. United States: Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant re-elected to council Seattle voted for working-class politics by re-electing ...