Writing the Ship

How Nonfiction for No Reason Is Helping Seattle’s Literary Scene Stay Afloat

Intergalactic Sanctuary

Sophy Wong Is Making Fashion for a Better, Otherworldly Future

The Campaign to Stop Newly Proposed Prostitution Laws Hits the Doors along Aurora Avenue

As It Turns Out, Several Neighbors in the SOAP Zone Don’t Really Like the Idea!

K-12 Education Finance 101: A People’s Guide

A crash course on how Washington's schools are funded.

Long Prison Sentences Don’t Keep Us Safe

They’re Ineffective, Wasteful, and Do Little to Help Survivors Heal

Slog AM: MAGA Mark Robinson's Weird Porn Forum Comments, NY Mag Reporter in a Relationship with RFK Jr., The West Seattle Light Rail Could Cost $7 Billion

Bikini Kill Day Was One for the History Books

Olympia Gave the Band a Key to the City, and They Gave Oly One Hell of a Show

Seattle's Only News Quiz

September 6, 2024

Better Than Before

Seattle Pop-Punk Legends the Fastbacks Are Releasing Their First Album in 25 Years

Seattle City Council Passes Unpopular Exclusion Zones, Reinstated Prostitution Loitering Laws

The Vote Share in Half of the Exclusion Zones Did Not Go to Current Council Members 

Slog AM: Harris and Trump Debated, Taylor Swift Endorsed Harris, Seattle City Council Advances War on Drugs and Sex Workers

Bad Apples

Featuring Bad Laterals Who Smacked a Protester with a Bike, Snoozed on the Job, and Said Mean Stuff 

In a Chaotic Meeting, the Seattle City Council Finds New, Creative Way to Ignore the Public

Council Votes to Buy More Jail Beds and Suppress the Vote on Social Housing Initiative 

“Not Another Bomb” Rally Pressures Democrats to Listen to Their Base on Palestine

Brat Summer and Coconut Memes Might Work on Some, but the Left Demands an End to Genocide 

Cherry Street Workers Shut Down All Four Locations after Boss Advocated for Subminimum Wage

Bosses Can’t Afford NOT to Pay Their Workers the Minimum Wage

Council Member Dan Strauss Considers Alternative To Social Housing Tax

But He Won't Say What It Is

Sonic Guild Seattle Launches Tour Support Grant

Artists Can Apply for $150 of Support per Show, for 10 Shows

Fact-Checking the Seattle City Council’s Claims about Seattle’s Social Housing Movement

The Council Clearly Did Not Follow I-135’s Process Closely

A Major EDM Club Opens on Minor Avenue

VICE Seattle Promises Michelin Star Nightlife Action

Justice for Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi

Seattle Remembers a Community Advocate, Demands an Independent Investigation, and Vows to Realize Her Vision of a Free Palestine

City Council Alternative to I-137 Protects Wealthy Donors at the Expense of the Voters’ Will

The original measure funds social housing by taxing the wealthy, and the council’s alternative does neither. 

Six Takeaways from Washington State’s Second Governor’s Debate

Dave Reichert Kept Forgetting to Try to Appear Moderate

Everything We Loved at Bumbershoot

Twinkies Made of Glass, Sharks With Butts, and Some Music

Seattle Renters Commission “Powerless” to Advocate for Tenants Due to “Ongoing Neglect” from Mayor Harrell, Council

As the Council Threatens Tenant Protections, Renters Need a Strong Voice in City Hall 

We Went to PAX West, and It Was Horny

It was also playful, demure, and an escape from anything that needs escaping.