Martin Luther King Jr.

Dead at 14

Campaign 2008 is Too Sexy for Fred Thompson and Me

I Wanna Know What Blight Is

Paved With Gold

The South End's obstacle course

'Activity' in Pratt Murder

MLK's Only Visit to Seattle

In 1961, long before King County was named after him, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. paid a visit to Seattle. He was invited by the pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Samuel B. McKinney, and was originally scheduled to speak at First Presbyterian Church downtown. Shortly before his arrival, thoug ... More >>

Is Kanye West on Drugs?

Because if he isn't, he's clearly lost his friggin mind. Most folks know that Kanye West is eccentric and egotistical. He's the king of throwing temper tantrums. Some would argue he's the queen of throwing temper tantrums but that's a DL conversation for another day. Regardless, just watch this vid ... More >>

Have You Ever Ridden the Sound Transit Lunch Bus?

As a subscriber to Sound Transit's e-mail information services ("provided to you at no charge by Sound Transit"!), I get the occasional notice about the agency's Lunch Bus. It sounds essentially like an adult field trip, and is described in alternately dryly informative and breathless, travel brochu ... More >>

Give Parents a (Winter) Break

Teacher training is great but who's looking after their students? Yesterday's proposal by legislators to cut the school week to four days has still got me raging. Damon Agnos wrote an excellent post yesterday explaining why this makes no sense for the majority of us parents. What he neglected t ... More >>

Oh My God, Is That Train Running?

Another one for the transportation files: I was headed down Martin Luther King Way the other day and traffic atypically slowed to a crawl. There was no accident, though, nor was traffic unusually heavy. Instead, a test of a light rail train was in progress and it had caused a bout of rubber necking. ... More >>

Larry Wilmore

Another one for the transportation files: I was headed down Martin Luther King Way the other day and traffic atypically slowed to a crawl. There was no accident, though, nor was traffic unusually heavy. Instead, a test of a light rail train was in progress and it had caused a bout of rubber necking. ... More >>

Martin Luther King Day at Seattle Center

Let freedom ring: an all-star observance

MONDAY

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Prize speech, as performed by the Mirror Stage Company, and Barbara Ehrenreich on our "capacity for collective ecstacy."

MLK SOS

Beleaguered Martin Luther King Jr. Way lures patrons with a fabulous array of foodstuffs.

Bag Man

A Q&A with paper-bag painter Chris Crites.

This Week's Critics' Picks

Tim Miller, Bike Expo, Taylor Branch.

Weekly Notable Shows

Tim Miller, Bike Expo, Taylor Branch.

He Wasn't Fearing Any Man

Tim Miller, Bike Expo, Taylor Branch.

Culture Crash

Western Bridge's explosive show dares you to look away.

This Week's Cartoons

David B., Shel Silverstein, Posy Simmonds, Jaime Hernandez, Bob Callahan, and Ho Che Anderson

They Choose or We Lose

Parents are panicking about proposals to change how students are assigned to public schools in Seattle. Could this transform the city?

Behold the Power of TOD!

Wanna step out of the shower and onto the bus? The county has made it easy for you—but please put on your clothing first.

Eyes on the Prize

Wanna step out of the shower and onto the bus? The county has made it easy for you—but please put on your clothing first.

Fallen Starr

Making sense of my rabbi's failings.

A day in the park

Making sense of my rabbi's failings.

CD Reviews

Making sense of my rabbi's failings.

Nurse Ratchet ascends

Making sense of my rabbi's failings.

Sell-ebrate the '60s

Making sense of my rabbi's failings.

Drowning in the mainstream

As the gay movement comes of age, a local activist asks, "What next?"

Born again

Charles Johnson's follow-up to 'Middle Passage' revives a living, breathing Martin Luther King Jr.

Off the Rails: The Demographic Puzzle of Light Rail

Look at this picture of riders on the number 42 bus today, which travels along Martin Luther King Way, right alongside light rail. Then look at the picture after the jump of light rail riders yesterday. Notice something different? The bus riders are virtually all minorities. Light rail's are not. In ... More >>

Ice Week: Halo Haloooooooo

​Halo-halo, which means "mix-mix" in Tagalog, is not an icy dessert. It is a disco in a glass. Here are just a few of the things in this picture: Shaved ice, sweetened condensed milk, ripe jackfruit, cubes of honey konjac jelly, beans, crisped rice, ube puree (the purple sweet-potato mass you ... More >>

Tonight: Watch Massive Monkees on ABDC

​The Massive Monkees continue to be in top form on America's Best Dance Crew, the MTV show that challenges a diverse collection of dancers to deliver high-intensity choreography around a theme each week. Each week, a panel of questionably qualified celebrity judges choose one team to cut from ... More >>

The Fussy Eye: Cooper Union

Mural-gazing at the courthouse.

Soundtrack for a Revolution: Rebel Musicians in the ’60s

Mural-gazing at the courthouse.

Free Stuff: Win Tickets to See Dosh at the High Dive This Sunday

Dosh will be at the High Dive on Sunday - email me to win free tickets!​The Minneapolis-based Rhodes-master Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh - or just Dosh, as he prefers - is a critically-renowned percussionist and composer who's collaborated with the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy and Andrew Bir ... More >>

Seattle Police Officer Caught on Tape Punching Woman During Jaywalking Stop

​UPDATE: SPD has launched an investigation. It all started when a cop stopped a man for jaywalking. Things escalated quickly from there as voices were raised and a crowd gathered. When two young women intervened an onlooker pulled out his camera phone and started to roll tape.

How to Lie With Jaywalking Stats

​Ever since video of a Seattle cop punching a 17-year-old girl in the face surfaced last Tuesday, the city has been debating the relative merits of a relatively victimless crime: jaywalking. Thanks to reporting by Laura Onstot, we now know that the Rainer Avenue-Martin Luther King Way intersec ... More >>

Cafe Car: Come For the Food, Stay for the Party at Cafe Ibex

​A weekly column in which we ride the light rail to random stops, hop off, and wander around until something strikes our culinary fancy, treating the train like our own personal café car. The Stop: Mount Baker The Vibe: The station is located above the street level. When you get down to the ... More >>

Cafe Car: Turkey Butts and All the Canned Meat You Can Eat At Vegetable Bin Polynesian Deli

Photos by Matthew Piel​A weekly column in which we ride the light rail to random stops, hop off, and wander around until something strikes our culinary fancy, treating the train like our own personal café car. The Stop: Rainier Beach The Vibe: Unlike the stop immediately prior, the southern ... More >>

Glenn Beck vs. Martin Luther King Jr. (INFOGRAPHIC)

​Glenn Beck and hundreds of people who look a lot like Glenn Beck (presumably) will be marching on Washington tomorrow, August 28, during some sort of honor-restoration ceremony that not-incoincidentally happens to fall on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech." Be ... More >>

Poll: Which MLK Day Press Release Doesn't Belong?

​Today's holiday honoring the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. isn't a day off for everyone. Some people embrace the spirit of the occasion by doing community service, while others are still stuck behind a desk at their day jobs. For media-relations professionals, it's one of the busiest ... More >>

Seattle Homeboy Gets Stabbed Seven Times, but Won't Tell Police Shit

​Most. Gangsta. Headline. Ever.

Video: Larry Gossett Describes Jail With Dawud Malik on the Day MLK Was Shot

​In this week's feature story "The Wrong Man," Larry Gossett, chairman of the King County Council, describes a very memorable day he spent in jail with Dawud Malik in 1968. Here's a short video clip of Gossett telling us how he relied on Malik -- then on death row after being convicted of two ... More >>

Spokane Bomb Discovery Heroes Fired for Not Discovering Bomb Right

​Perhaps the biggest reason that the attempted bombing of the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Spokane in Janurary is called the "attempted bombing" and not just "the bombing" is because a trio of city-contracted workers found the bomb on a bench and called police. The three workers who discov ... More >>

There's Still Time to Get on Board the Plate of Nations Express

​Yes, enthusiastic eaters are super-excited about the upcoming Seattle Restaurant Week--really more like two weeks, but who's counting? It begins April 10 and runs until the 21st, but doesn't include weekends or Sunday brunch. I've got food-freak friends who fill their calendars with good-de ... More >>

A Dame Worth Checking Out

Mac & Cheese​ It is fitting that Martin Luther King Jr. Way is situated in the Ranier Valley, a neighborhood considered the most culturally and economically diverse in the Pacific Northwest, and a reality which St. Dames serves to accentuate. During the time it took me to eat a three-course me ... More >>

John Lithgow

Mac & Cheese​ It is fitting that Martin Luther King Jr. Way is situated in the Ranier Valley, a neighborhood considered the most culturally and economically diverse in the Pacific Northwest, and a reality which St. Dames serves to accentuate. During the time it took me to eat a three-course me ... More >>

Road Diet's Latest Critics: South Seattle Residents Worried Police Cars Will Slow Down

​Since Mayor Mike McGinn started pushing "road diets," they have generated controversy, especially among people who see them as a blatant anti-car maneuver and sop to the spandex crowd. Now a South Seattle group has a new complaint. It fears a planned road diet will endanger public safety.