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Seattle in the ’90s: Leaving Loserdom
How to be in Seattle in the last decade of the 20th century.
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Stash Box: Why Are Some Washington Employers Still Making Us Pee in Cups?
Other states have included regulations detailing when employers can demand a drug test, but our great state has…
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A Brief History of the Seattle Weekly Distribution Box
Every Wednesday at 2 p.m., a middle-aged white man in a black Porsche SUV takes every single Seattle…
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Was It Wrong to Laugh at #ManInTree?
We interview @Man_In_Tree and contemplate whether it’s okay to take pleasure in a mental health crisis. Welcome to…
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Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack on how women can start owning tech.
Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack is committed to making women’s contributions to tech show where it counts: the paycheck.
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Stock Is Everything You Could Want in a Neighborhood Food Spot
Is this farm-to-table cafe featuring pho, congee, and meatball sandwiches the new Seattle food trend?
Arts & Culture
Fueled by Curry, Four Eclectic Artists Hit the Road in Search of Indigenous Stories
Building on the success of their “Curry NA Hurry” video, Jamil Suleman and his co-conspirators are attempting to…
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With His Latest, Damien Jurado Returns to Form a Changed Man
For the final chapter in his Maraqopa Trilogy, the Seattle songwriter returns from the furthest reaches of faith…
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The Paradox of Bernie and the Wealthy White Voter
Skyway Park Bowl sits beige and inconspicuous off Renton Avenue South, between a casino and an Ezell’s Fried…
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Kshama Sawant Explains Why Seattle Is So Over Capitalism Right Now
A specter is haunting America, and it rhymes with “hopeful prism.”
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Bernie Sanders Is the Right Choice, Right Now
We wholeheartedly support the Vermont Senator in the March 26 Washington state Democratic caucuses.
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A New Encampment Is Challenging the Anti-Drug Dogma That Rules Homeless Services
Nickelsville began in 2008 as a field of bright, neon-pink tents erected in protest against then-mayor Greg Nickels’…
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Paul Allen Can Help Start an Honest Conversation About Football and Brains
With the NFL admitting football is connected to chronic brain injury, Seahawks owner Paul Allen must speak up…
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Op-ed: Weekly Editorial on City Light CEO Larry Weis Was a Dim Take
The process of approving Mayor Ed Murray’s nomination for CEO of Seattle City Light, Larry Weis, proved to…
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Why a White Lady Is Championing Reparations in Seattle
Earlier this year, Bernie Sanders was asked whether he would support reparations for slavery in America.
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Spare a Coffin for the Homeless, Sir?
Some Seattle innovators want to put homeless people in coffins—but in a good way.
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‘App-artheid’ and Gluttony at Google’s Delicious, Nauseating New Kirkland Cafeteria
Back when Google Kirkland was just one complex, the “new” cafeteria served things like mushroom rigatoni and Israeli…
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As Former Nickelsville Site Gets Cleared, Homeless and Their Providers Face Off
Seattle’s homeless crisis took a dramatic—if not entirely unexpected—turn Friday morning as police cleared the former Nickelsville encampment…
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Seattle Finally Nails New Orleans-Style Fare at Fat’s
Two large vats sit near the back of Fat’s Chicken and Waffles (2726 E Cherry St., 602-6863). One…
Arts & Culture
Daniel Clowes’s New Time-Travelling Graphic Novel Is His Longest and Most Optimistic Yet
Daniel Clowes says that his new 180-page book, Patience, is the most “comic-like” comic he has ever done.