The Madness of Nationalism Celebrated at the World Cup

Just Something to Think About While You Watch Soccer This Weekend

Budget Crunch Forces Compromise on Seattle's Public Safety Budget

City Council, Mayor Largely Agree on Police Funding

Council Rejects Progressive Tax Increase to Fill $140 Million Budget Hole

Shelters, Sidewalks, and Bridge Maintenance Will Have to Wait

Scenes From Freakout Festival 2022: Os Mutantes, No Age, Vondré, Automatic, Sgt. Papers, and More

Highlights and Trippy Lights from this Weekend's Four-Day Festival

Slog PM: Metallica’s Coming but They’re Taking Their Time, Broadway Gets Jinkxed, and Don’t Pretend You Wouldn’t Buy 44 Pounds of Cheese If You Had the Chance

The Starbucks Union-Busting Playbook

Workers Say Starbucks Uses Long-Ignored Problems as an Excuse to Close Stores

Mayor Harrell Is Effectively Cutting Wages for Domestic Violence Workers

Please Speak Up at Public Comment to Stop This

Wokeface Wants You to Be Happy

The Stranger's Artist of the Week

Slog PM: Amazon Workers Strike in 30 Countries, Biden Wants to Ban “Assault Weapons,” and the Ships Are Bugging the Belugas

Slog AM: Starbucks to Close Unionized Shop on Broadway, Jayapal Calls on FTC to Investigate Grocery Merger, the Rain Is Here!

Tegan and Sara Can't Slow Down

Tegan Quin Talks About Uncovering a New Creative Process and Sitting in Ugly Green Rooms Ahead of This Weekend's Sold-Out Show at the Neptune

Joe Rudko's Abstract Reflections

The Stranger's Artist of the Week

$19 Is the New $15: Lessons from Tukwila’s Minimum Wage

Now’s the Time to Raise the Wage Floor Across King County

Care, Not Cops

Following School Shooting, Students Eye $9 Million Cut to Seattle Police Department to Pay for Counselors

Seattle Is the Anti-Fashion Capital of the World

Stranger Suggests: Giving Food, Eating Food, Casablanca, Magic in the Market, Ellenos Yogurt, and Pete Souza

One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Week

Wakanda Forever's Promising Setup Fizzles

But the Film Does Get Some Things Right, Including How It Handles the Death of Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman

The Amalfi Breeze at Serafina

Grab a Friend and Talk Shit over This Citrusy-Herbal Dream

A “Debate about Nothing”

The Meaningless Fight about Where to House Seattle's Parking Cops Is Over ... for Now

"You're Not Gonna Bust It"

Prosecutors Allege Routine Teenage Fight Led to Ingraham Shooting

Slog PM: Tech Hoods May Soon Feel Layoffs, Dark Brandon Is More Stylish Than Seattle, Rain Went From Zero to Cats and Dogs

Washington Must Hold Crisis Pregnancy Centers Accountable

Pass Laws to Stop Their Deception and Misinformation

Seattle’s Unhoused Feel Unheard in the City’s Budget Process

They Demand Safe Lots and an End to Sweeps, but They Don’t Think They’ll Get It

Slog AM: Mass Shooting in Virginia, Reminders for a Safe Thanksgiving, and Good COVID News?!?

Council Delivers on Promise Not to Please Everyone in Budget

A Look at Wins and Losses for Key Seattle Stakeholders