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Sonic Guild Nominations are Open to the Public Through October 3

Slog AM: Police Union VP Cackles at Woman's Death, Seattle's Proposed Drug Law Advances, McCarthy Launches Impeachment Inquiry into Biden Lol

Slog AM: Writers and Hollywood Reach Tentative Deal, Rain Sweeps Through Seattle, Biden Will Walk the UAW Picket Line

Photos from This Weekend's Black and Loud Festival

Featuring Big Joanie, Nik West, Pleasure Venom, the OBGMs and More!

Seattle Police Officer Hurls Racist Slur at Chinese-American Neighbor

Audio Captures a Cop and His Wife Arguing with the Neighbor, Who Is an Elderly School Bus Driver

After 11 Years of Federal Oversight, Judge Rules SPD Mostly Compliant but Declines to End Entire Consent Decree

Chief Adrian Diaz on the Ruling: "This Might Be the End of the Beginning"

City Workers Rally Their Asses Off

After a Year at the Bargaining Table, the City Is Still Only Offering Workers a Pay Cut 

The Hypocrisy of a Right-Wing Pundit’s Attacks on WA Cares

Must Be Nice to Dunk on Earned Benefits When You Have Media Networks to Rely On

Cute Cats and Crying Clowns: Saturday at Bumbershoot

We Spent the First Day of the Festival Watching the Dip, Slift, Thunderpussy, Wimps, Ride, Bumbermania Wrestling, AFI, and a Cat Circus That Wasn't Much of a Circus at All but Was Still Very Cute

How Local Political Consultants Make Their Money

The Money’s in the Mailers, but the Victory Might Not Be

APEC Protesters in Seattle Expose the Costs of Free Trade

Follow the Movement Down to San Francisco

Rebecca Saldaña Jumps into Weirdly Crowded Race for Lands Commissioner

The Winner Gets to Be Washington's Very Own Landlord

Slog AM: Georgia Releases Full Election Tampering Report, UW Tests Transit for Drugs, Yoga Class Mistaken for Mass Murder Event

Gaye Su Akyol’s Wednesday Night Show Was a Thrilling Celebration of Turkey’s Deep Musical History

(Confidential to Nectar: It Might Be Time to Toss the Smoke Machine)

Slog AM: Seattle Relaunches Drug War, Downtown Homeless Plan Scrapped, GOP in Disarray as Government Shutdown Looms

Fun, Hot, and Foppish

Go See Petite Mort at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Rain, Witches, and Haunted Garage Punk: Sunday at Bumbershoot

Rain Didn't Stop Us From Seeing True Loves, Beverly Crusher, Shannon and the Clams, Spirit Award, THEM, Temples, Descendents, and Jawbreaker (and Hearing Secrets from Friendly Some Witches)

Slog AM: 500,000 Venezuelan Immigrants Get Work Permits, Rupert Murdoch to Step Down, and I'm Begging Sound Transit to Get Its Shit Together

Judge Blames “Defund” and Cop Shows for Problems with Seattle Policing

The City’s Consent Decree Is Now More Conservative Than Biden’s DOJ

From Grief to Action

#JusticeForJaahnavi Means Solidarity Against Expanding Failed Public Safety Strategies

Changes Are Afoot with Freakout

But It’ll Still Be Seattle’s Wildest Fall Music Festival

Seattle Police Officer Probably Won’t Get Fired for Laughing about Jaahnavi Kandula’s Death

As Long as This Union Has a Say in Accountability, Bad Cops Won’t See Consequences

Let's Seriously Talk About Tipping

Why Don’t We Pay Everyone Wages That Match the Costs of Living?

Seattle Launches Drug War 2.0

With Little Money for Treatment, the City Bans Public Drug Use and Possession

SPD Employee Confesses to Inventing Rumors About Chief Diaz Having an Affair, Investigators Say

Questions About the Rumor’s Origin Remain, but No Hard Evidence Found