The Associated Press Moves Away from the Term “Alt-Right”: After the events in Charlottesville, let’s all finally be more specific in our language.
More People Can Now Say the Words “White Supremacy”: But now we actually have to actively act against it, Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large writes. “Today what we are seeing of white supremacy is the small part of the iceberg that sticks above the water — the Klan, Nazis, white nationalists,” he says. “But now that our attention is focused, my hope is that we’ll follow the tip down to the large block of attitudes, behaviors and structures that chills life in America for so many people, usually in less dramatic ways. Disavowing a bunch of thugs is a no-brainer, for most people anyway, but digging deeper will be harder.”
ICYMI: A group of Trump supporters and a PizzaGate conspiracy theorist tried to pull down Fremont’s Lenin statue yesterday. Unlike confederate monuments in Baltimore and Durham, North Carolina, the weird Fremont statue is still standing.
A Confederate Memorial Here in Seattle: It’s a memorial to Confederate veterans at Lake View Cemetery. No bodies are buried beneath it. After the events at Charlottesville, there is a renewed effort, including a widely circulated petition, to take it down. Yesterday, Mayor Ed Murray weighed in, calling Lake View to “express his concern,” Amber Cortes reports.
Sheley Secrest’s City Council Campaign Is Under Investigation: The former Seattle City Council candidate’s campaign is facing allegations that it tried to defraud the city’s landmark democracy voucher program, the Seattle Times reports. Secrest’s former campaign manager Patrick Burke “went to city elections officials to accuse Secrest of putting her own money into the campaign and claiming it was donated by Seattle voters.” Secrest denied the accusations, saying that it was “fabrication” by Burke, whom she fired.
Four WA Department of Fish and Wildlife Employees Fired for “Sexualized Culture”: Report of misconduct at a fish hatchery near Pateros was filed in 2015, prompting an investigation. “One woman who worked at the hatchery told investigators she sought a seasonal job elsewhere to escape the ‘constant, daily sexual banter,'” Austin Jenkins reports for KUOW.
Bikini Baristas in Everett Have New Dress Code, Could Face Jail Time and Fines for “Lewd Conduct”: That’s thanks to two new ordinances passed by the Everett City Council last night.
Barriers Beyond Bathrooms: About 58 percent of transgender Washingtonians reported that they would feel uncomfortable calling the police if they needed help, according to a new statewide survey about the experiences of trans people. And that’s just one of the dismaying findings from the report compiled by TRANSForm Washington, Gender Justice League, and Ingersoll Gender Center.
PSA: Seattle Public Library Is OUT of Special Eclipse-Viewing Glasses: If you can’t get your hands on safety glasses, our Stranger Things To Do staffers have some suggestions where you can view the eclipse online.
Happy Birthday, Pike Place Market! The market opened 110 years ago today.
