Washington’s Republican News Site Gets Money from the Conservative Group Funding Anti-Trans Initiatives
Two people financing efforts to stop a millionaires’ income tax and to ban transgender girls from girls sports are also financially backing the Center Square, a conservative national news operation with Washington State reporters covering those same measures. Let’s Go Washington has three measures on November’s ballot—to repeal a new state millionaires’ income tax, to…
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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, September 14–September 20
MONDAY 9/14 Alexis Nikole Nelson (FOOD & DRINK) Known as “BlackForager” on Instagram and YouTube and “alexisnikole” on TikTok, Alexis Nikole Nelson has charmed millions of followers with her joyful approach to foraged foods, not to mention her sense of humor, adorable forest fairy princess outfits, and fun plant-based recipes. Although her videos are light-hearted,…
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Slog AM: Psycho Drives in I-90 Bike Path, Mike Johnson Is Flaccid in the House; Canadian Diva Returns to Stage
Good morning, humans and AI agents. My name is Cedar Attanasio, and I was born in a teepee and raised in a school bus off the grid in the woods in New Mexico. So, don’t blame me for the boffins in Silicon Valley and subnormales behind tomorrow’s AI apocalypse. Blame US House Speaker Mike Johnson,…
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Na Hong-jin’s Hope Isn’t Being Advertised as the Blockbuster Troll It Really Is
I have seen reviews of Hope bewildered by its third act, confused as to how the competent action movie they were enjoying could culminate in such an awful conclusion. Why did director Na Hong-jin botch the landing? Is he stupid? No. The bad ending is the point. It’s satire and Na is trolling the audience…
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TikTok Made 9/11 a Catastrophe Among So Many Catastrophes
“Shame on them for doing that!” a white boomer said to me as I stood near the corner of Minor Avenue and Virginia Street looking at the tail of the decommissioned 747 that’s between two luxury towers in the Denny Triangle. She wore sunglasses and a coat too thick for the hot July afternoon. She…
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Six Questions for Matt Midgley on What it’s Like to Run an Art Gallery in Pike Place
Buried below the flying fish and banjo-plucking buskers at Pike Place Market, you’ll find Gallery ERGO, a contemporary art gallery that celebrates its fifth anniversary today. What began as a shared artist studio in 2019 gradually shifted into a place for selling artists’ work, and eventually into a full-blown gallery operated and curated by Matt…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Sept 11–13, 2026
Soggy weather may be on the horizon, but that won’t stop Seattleites from getting out and about this weekend. On the docket for those raging against the rain: celebrate your four-legged friends at Wag Fest, commemorate Mexican Independence Day at El Grito, party beer in hand at R-Day, and bid farewell to summer at the…
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Slog AM: Businesses Send Angry Letter to Seattle Mayor, McClatchy Slits Local Journalism’s Throat, and It’s 9/11
25 years since, well, you know: It’s 9/11. People are gathering across the country to mourn and commemorate the day. President Donald Trump is speaking at the Pentagon. Oddly, he’s not going to New York where everything went down. He sent his vassal, Vice President J.D. Vance. Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack…
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Seattle Group Finalizing Deal to Reopen the Egyptian Theater
Twenty-three years ago, I found myself next to a hospital bed. My mother was on it and on life support. The doctor entered the room and painted a bleak picture; and I said to him: I know, I know, it’s serious. After hours of sitting by the bed, watching my mother and the machine that…
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Remembering Timothy White Eagle
My reaction to meeting Timothy White Eagle for the first time was probably similar to that of every person who ever met him: awestruck. For me, it was an evening in 2016 on the Bellevue Arts Museum plaza, where, amid a swarm of mere mortals, I was introduced to White Eagle: barrel-chested and statuesque, with…
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The Lunch Lawyer
Photos by Billie Winter If you work in the restaurant industry and your boss shorts your paycheck, you have limited options. You could quit, with or without sending your boss a nasty message, and start looking for a new gig. You could file a complaint with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries or…
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