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Guest Rant: School Counselors Saved Me from Abuse
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (371+ words) While most parents provide loving, supportive, safe environments for their children, the sad reality is there were 117,000 reports of child abuse or neglect in Washington in 2024 alone. Voters need to be aware that I-001 on November’s ballot, an initiative backed by…...
Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, not Smith
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (780+ words) Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory of this birth, but…...
Slog AM: Washington Doesn???t Have Enough Places to Live, Military Morale Is Collapsing, and a Madman Threatens to Detonate a Nuke in the Earth???s Core
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (253+ words) On the topic of British heroes: As part of their Cold War Summer programming, SIFF is showing Austin Powers on 35mm at The Uptown tomorrow. This is a rare chance to see the movie the way the director intended. They’re not…...
Friday's Ballot Drop Is Here
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (526+ words) The Stranger Election Control Board is composed of staff writers and editors who volunteer to grill, research, fight over, and ultimately endorse candidates running for office in local, state, and federal elections. The SECB does not endorse in uncontested races,…...
Slog AM: The Farm Workers Are Coming for Their Republican Legislators, a Spokane Local Wins Poker's Biggest Game as the City Burns, and Democrats in Montana Invent Yet Another Way to Lose an Election
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (867+ words) thestranger.com Love Our Arts & Culture Coverage? Some relevant non-Seattle election news: Another big primary election ballot drop will come later today, and in the meantime you can get up to speed with our coverage of yesterday’s vote count. We…...
Neumos Security Staff Unionize
1+ week, 1+ day ago (386+ words) Gathered around a music stand serving as a podium on 10th and Pike, security staff at Neumos, Barboza, and The Runaway announced at a Wednesday afternoon rally that they have unionized as the Neumos Security Union and have filed to hold…...
Slog AM: Election Takeaways, Spokane???s Suspected Fire Bug, and Three Dead Lions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (323+ words) What else happened last night? We were flies on the walls at a bunch of candidate parties. We saw victories, defeats, and the interior of a Bellevue church that felt like Backrooms. Read our live blog for the play-by-play. The…...
Judges Don???t Use Gavels
1+ week, 3+ day ago (651+ words) To prepare for the Stranger Election Control Board process, I slip a couple of fun questions up my sleeve to shake out in a moment of tension—people cry, they tangle their fingers, they stare into space as their campaign…...
Slog AM: Fire in Spokane, Another Police Chief Who Doesn???t Live Here, and Time to Vote
1+ week, 4+ day ago (267+ words) We don’t know what caused the fires, which are already one of the worst disasters in Washington State history. It won’t be the last. Climate change is making tempestuous wildfires more common. “Think of the Palisades, Eaton, Lahaina and Marshall…...
PHOTOS: Erika Kirk's Visit to Seattle Was Tame
1+ week, 4+ day ago (345+ words) PHOTOS: Erika Kirk’s Visit to Seattle Was Tame thestranger.com Love Our Arts & Culture Coverage? On July 24, Erika Kirk’s Make Heaven Crowded tour stopped in the Pacific Northwest, at the Kirkland branch of the Pursuit NW church. You’ve heard us…...