Director Celine Song Talks About Her Stunning Debut Feature, Past Lives

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Washington's Backlogged Crime Lab Braces for Influx of Low-Level Drug Cases from Seattle

Proposed Laws Will Steal Focus from Major Crimes to Jail Small-Time Users

How Portland Became Seattle Is Dying

Census Data Suggests Portland Is Doomed, but Smart Economists Know Those Numbers Can’t Be Trusted (Yet)

Stranger Suggests: Watson's Counter, Tony Molina, Sea of Vapors, Collide-O-Scope: Pride Edition, Brandee Younger Trio, They Live: A Fundraiser for the Starbucks Union Relief Fund

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The Ghost of Socialism in the 2023 NBA Finals

The Denver Nuggets Sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers to Advance to the Finals Is of Historical and Cultural Importance

State Sen. Mark Mullet Is Running for Governor

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Nabihah Iqbal's Magical Shoegaze Rock and Yves/Son/Ace's Outsider Techno

The Best New Music to Hit My Inbox This Week

Why Did Marc Dones Resign?

Sources Say It’s Been a Long Time Coming

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Worlds to Come Is One Hell of a Birthday Bash

Complete with Stunning Duets, Pretty Laundry, and a Cure for Your Succession Hangover

Slog AM: Mullet Announces Longshot Bid for Governor, Congressional Progressives Reject Debt Ceiling Deal, and Mike Pence Will Run for President

Mutual Aid Organizer Tye Reed Enters City Council Race in North Seattle

Reed Says Her Ideas Aren’t New, Radical, or Even Her Own

Slog AM: Trump Indicted Again, Supreme Court Sides with Black Voters, New Jersey Little League Finds Solution to Rampant Parent Heckling

Kassa Overall's Noir Jazz-Funk and Black Nite Crash's Cloud-Busting Shoegaze

The Best New Music to Hit My Inbox This Week

Slog AM: Seattle City Council Rushes to Vote on Drug War Reboot, Tacoma Landlords Try to Squash Tenant Bill of Rights, and DeSantis's Twitter DeSaster

Slog AM: Kids Escape Youth Prison, Federal Judge Considers Reducing Oversight of Seattle Cops, Extremely Alleged Former Russian Spy Whale Spotted

Sammamish City Official Resigns after Homophobic Rant

Guess the DEIB Training Didn’t Work

A Nice Man in a Lilac Jacket? Would.

Meet the Seattle City Council District 5 Candidates

We’re Talking Sex Work, Housing, Light Rail, and How to Really Improve Aurora

Writers Strike Back

Arts Workers Demand Action from the Seattle Film Commission

Buybacks Continue to Take Big Bites Out of Seattle's Economy

As Companies Lay Off Workers, They Continue to Buyback Stocks, Turn a Profit

Federal Judge “Proud” of Seattle Police Department, Appears Ready to Remove Most Oversight

Familiy of Those Killed by Police Reject Judge’s Reformed SPD Narrative

In a Surprising Turn, Seattle City Council Votes Against War on Drugs... for Now

Proposed Law Offered No Plans for Treatment or Diversion, It Just Empowered the Republican City Attorney

SIFF Tells The Stranger More Details About Their Cinerama Surprise

Yes, the Chocolate Popcorn Is Coming Back; No, the Theater Won’t Be Open in Time for Oppenheimer

Inslee to Set Date for Special Session on Drug Possession Law

Washington Lawmakers Still Divided on Path Forward

"You're a Worm with a Mustache"

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