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Seattle’s most celebrated billionaire is getting a campus wake-up call. A UW student is asking whether philanthropy can keep insulating power from accountability.
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Bill Gates, Seattle’s Favorite Philanthropist, Faces Campus Reality Check from UW Student
In light of the Epstein files, should Bill Gates' name be on a building at University of Washington?
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02/27/80497745/erasing-gates
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Want to scream? Me too. We're putting a monthly protest calendar in
@thestranger.com
, including marches, rallies, and other ways to get involved. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Doesn't that feel better?
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Where to Scream: Protests, Rallies, and Other Ways to Get Involved in March
Protests, rallies, and other ways to get involved in March.
https://www.thestranger.com/where-to-scream/2026/03/02/80502291/where-to-scream
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8 days ago
"There's a specific kind of lie that powerful men tell when the walls start closing in: the minimizing lie, the "it wasn't what it looked like" lie, the "I was barely there" lie. Bill Gates tried that last one earlier this month.
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Bill Gates, Seattle’s Favorite Philanthropist, Faces Campus Reality Check from UW Student
In light of the Epstein files, should Bill Gates' name be on a building at University of Washington?
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02/27/80497745/erasing-gates
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The Stranger
29 days ago
Get our Sexy February issue in print on stands near you!
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Our Very Sexy February Issue Is Out Now!
Love is in the air! Oh, shit, no, that’s pepper spray.
https://www.thestranger.com/the-february-issue-2026/2026/02/05/80458738/our-very-sexy-february-issue-is-out-now
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18 days ago
It took Mayor Katie Wilson 37 minutes into her State of the City to mention the Seahawks. A new era in local government.
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18 days ago
Katie Wilson interrupts her State of the City address to note the fact that a 27-year-old was killed last night by a driver in Capitol Hill. "We have to do better. We're not on track for our Vision Zero goals, and we have to make it safe for our vulnerable road users to get around the city."
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Mayor Katie Wilson as she starts her State of the City Address: "I don't think I've ever talked for as long as I'm about to talk, so we'll see how it goes."
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22 days ago
BREAKING:
@councilmember-amr.bsky.social
and Toshiko Hasegawa spoke to the Stranger about new their new policies to impede ICE in Seattle and at the Port.
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Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE
Impeding ICE with the combined powers of the city, county and the port.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02/13/80474179/local-lawmakers-are-finally-moving-against-ice
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The Stranger
22 days ago
Local officials across Seattle, King County, and the Port are moving to limit ICE’s reach.
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Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE
Impeding ICE with the combined powers of the city, county and the port.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02/13/80474179/local-lawmakers-are-finally-moving-against-ice
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22 days ago
Team USA keeps their 5-0 win streak alive if you don't count the Britta Curl goal, which I don't because fuck transphobes.
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BREAKING: Our local lawmakers are hustling on measured that would impede ICE this week. I talked to Councilmember Rinck and Port Commissioner Hasegawa about their newest policies.
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...
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Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE
Impeding ICE with the combined powers of the city, county and the port.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02/13/80474179/local-lawmakers-are-finally-moving-against-ice
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26 days ago
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
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The Stranger
about 1 month ago
We read the astrological charts for the 1 Line and the soon to be open Cross Lake Connection, and the two might not be a love match.
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The Light Rail's Cross Lake Connection Not a Love Match for the 1 Line
My sister in law says there are serious astrological complications.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01/23/80434328/the-light-rails-cross-lake-connection-will-be-an-aries
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Do you eat food? Then you should care about farm workers. Read Conor Kelley on the effort to get collective bargaining rights for the people who grow your food.
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The Stranger
about 1 month ago
All eyes are on Minnesota today, as millions of us watching make our own private calculations for how far we’ll go to protect our cities. Or how we’ll live with ourselves in what’s left of them.
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Minnesotans Launch General Strike Against ICE
Faith leaders, labor unions, and community groups in Minnesota have banded together to call for a state-wide general strike today to protest the “ICE campaign of terror." It's kind of a big deal...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01/23/80434175/minnesotans-launch-general-strike-against-ice
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about 2 months ago
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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about 2 months ago
Coordinated a beer drop by a white friend to deliver a 30-rack of Hamm’s to a Hispanic friend’s doorstep because his wife wouldn’t let him leave the house to go buy more beer for fear he’d be brutalized by lawless armed masked federal paramilitaries. This is Minnesota community. We take care of us.
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
Seattle’s police chief built his reputation on transparency. But a report released last fall in Madison found Shon Barnes ignored directives and key data in a body-cam pilot. Now Seattle is expanding police surveillance and trusting the same guardrails.
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In Madison, Shon Barnes ran a failed pilot program for body cameras. Now Seattle is trusting him with a mass surveillance program.
After a failed pilot program in Madison, SPD Chief Shon Barnes is leading a department trusted with yet another controversial camera program: the network of police CCTV cameras on Seattle’s stre...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01/16/80422953/a-police-chief-and-his-cameras
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
- US Terrorizes Greenland - US Terrorizes US - Washington Sheriffs Yell on Facebook Get this news and more at The Stranger.
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Slog AM: US Terrorizes Greenland, US Terrorizes US, Washington Sheriffs Yell on Facebook
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
https://www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2026/01/15/80421220/slog-am-us-terrorizes-greenland-us-terrorizes-us-washington-sheriffs-yell-on-facebook
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
The Play About the Immigrant Experience Takes on a New Meaning in Trump’s America
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'The Heart Sellers' Is Unfortunately Really Fucking Relevant Right Now
See 'The Heart Sellers' at the Seattle Repertory Theater through February 1.
https://www.thestranger.com/theater/2026/01/14/80420217/the-heart-sellers-is-unfortunately-really-fucking-relevant-right-now
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Vivian McCall
about 2 months ago
That's funny, I was just thinking about how peaceful everything was
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
- Varsity Theater Will Close This Week - Bob Ferguson Grows a Spine, Maybe - Trump Keeps Making Moves on Greenland Get this news and more at The Stranger.
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Slog AM: Varsity Theater Will Close This Week, Bob Ferguson Grows a Spine, Maybe, and Trump Keeps Making Moves on Greenland
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
https://www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2026/01/14/80419803/slog-am-varsity-theater-will-close-this-week-bob-ferguson-grows-a-spine-maybe-and-trump-keeps-making-moves-on-greenland
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
King County Prosecutors Won't Charge Pedro Gomez. "Our system is inadequate to provide healing to most survivors," they say.
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King County Prosecutors Won't Charge Pedro Gomez
Cheryl Delostrinos' case represents a structural crevasse in sexual assault crimes, caught between the limits in the definition of consent, and a jury’s willingness to believe victims.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01/13/80418604/king-county-prosecutors-wont-charge-pedro-gomez
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
Charles is asking the hard hitting questions, like why are modern apartment buildings so ugly? This is Stranger Places with
@mudede.bsky.social
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Is this the ugliest apartment building in Seattle?
YouTube video by strangervideo
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vS9EHgBB-8I&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestranger.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE
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HUMP! Film Festival.
2 months ago
At HUMP!, there is truly nothing we love more than talking about sex. So, as the
@thestranger.com
said, tell us everything! Take The Stranger's 2026 Sex Survey now!
www.thestranger.com/sex/2025/12/...
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Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2025/12/29/80385867/take-our-sex-survey-you-sexy-people
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The Stranger
2 months ago
Have you taken The Stranger's Sex Survey yet? It'd be a lot cooler if you did!
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Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2025/12/29/80385867/take-our-sex-survey-you-sexy-people
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
What if you achieved your lifelong dream of getting on Jeopardy! but your biggest win was not throwing up onstage? David Lewis writes about realizing the game is more reflex than knowledge, and coming home to Seattle with a head full of trivia that wasn't as trivial as he thought.
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Losing Horribly on Jeopardy!
Waking up that morning last October, my dream was to win a fortune on Jeopardy!. Then I watched the returning champion, Harrison Whitaker, shred through the games right before mine. My new dream was t...
https://www.thestranger.com/jeopardy/2026/01/06/80407005/losing-horribly-on-jeopardy
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The Stranger
about 2 months ago
Hundreds gathered outside the federal building downtown as Seattle joined a national wave of anti-ICE protests after Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
@micahyip.bsky.social
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Seattle Joins National Anti-ICE Protest for Woman Killed by ICE in Minneapolis
For Ray Mitchell, Renee Nicole Good’s blood is not only on the hands of the ICE agent who shot her—it’s on the hands of American leaders who “refuse to stand up.”
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01/08/80410418/seattle-joins-national-anti-ice-protest-for-woman-killed-by-ice-in-minneapolis
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about 2 months ago
Everything's fucked, but I wrote an article about how writers are fighting for the future and why we're going to win:
www.thestranger.com/sci-fi/2026/...
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What I Learned About the Future at Seattle WorldCon
WorldCon, the annual volunteer-run science fiction and fantasy writing convention, sweeps through a different city every year. And in 2025, they chose Seattle. Writers from around the world gathered t...
https://www.thestranger.com/sci-fi/2026/01/07/80408940/what-i-learned-about-the-future-at-seattle-worldcon
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about 2 months ago
A moment of levity: One man's failure on Jeopardy!, which many say is the world's greatest game show
www.thestranger.com/jeopardy/202...
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Losing Horribly on Jeopardy!
Waking up that morning last October, my dream was to win a fortune on Jeopardy!. Then I watched the returning champion, Harrison Whitaker, shred through the games right before mine. My new dream was t...
https://www.thestranger.com/jeopardy/2026/01/06/80407005/losing-horribly-on-jeopardy
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about 2 months ago
This is valuable, clear reporting
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about 2 months ago
Videos of the shooting do not show the woman attacking anyone.
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It’s 2026 and Capitol Hill’s Seven Hills Park is still closed — Meeting planned for February
A new year, a new city council, and a new mayor did not bring a new start on public safety for Capitol Hill’s Seven Hills Park. The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department has quietly extended the closure of the fenced-off … Continue reading →
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3 months ago
Interviewed several musicians and venue operators about the precarious state of the Seattle music scene for
@thestranger.com
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Smaller Venues Keep Closing Even Though They're Vital to Our City's Nightlife
Music venue operators still booking live music and DJs are miracle workers. So many factors are working against them. The cost of everything is rising and music aficionados' wages mostly aren't keepin...
https://www.thestranger.com/music/2025/12/18/80376142/seattle-music-scene-gut-check?utm_source=Stranger%2FMercury%2FEverOut&utm_campaign=4df1b72fb6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_09_05_33_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1d9c3267ca-388582633
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The nurses are on the verge of a strike
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Seattle Children’s Hospital Nurses on the Verge of First-Ever Strike
Seattle Children's nurses and their union, the Washington State Nurses Association, say they don't want to strike, but the hospital, and it's anti-union law firm, aren't giving them a choice.
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12/18/80379050/seattle-childrens-hospital-nurses-on-the-verge-of-first-ever-strike
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The Stranger
3 months ago
The Army veteran and husband of a former Congressional candidate has been detained by ICE since August. If he's detained much longer, he could lose his eyesight.
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This Army veteran and husband of a former Congressional candidate has been detained by ICE since August. If he's detained much longer, he could lose his eyesight.
As time creeps by in the Northwest Detention Center, pressure builds in the muscles behind Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s eyes. The swelling tissue puts pressure on his optic nerve. For Zahid, as he’s call...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11/25/80344233/zahid-chaudhry-could-be-home-by-thanksgiving
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For some weekend reading,
@thestranger.com
partnered with The Guardian to explore what it means to run a winning mayoral campaign as a community organizer.
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The Stranger
4 months ago
ICE raids are rising, and Seattle says SPD cannot help. Advocates call Harrell’s order mostly symbolic, so the council is pushing SPD to spell out how officers will respond, what they can refuse, and how they will protect residents if federal agents overreach.
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Seattle Braces SPD Against ICE Operations
Camille Baldwin-Bonney doesn’t buy it. The police accountability advocate and co-chair of People Power Washington called Mayor Bruce Harrell’s new anti-ICE executive orders “performative rather than s...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11/20/80335478/seattle-braces-spd-against-ice-operations
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3 months ago
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Out - Trump Has a New Crush - The Olympic Pipeline Could Screw Over Your Holiday Plans Get this news and more at The Stranger!
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Slog AM: Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Out, Trump Has a New Crush, and the Olympic Pipeline Could Screw Over Your Holiday Plans
Good Morning! It’s Thanksgiving week, which means, depending on your job, you’re either facing an easy breezy three day week, or one of the most nightmarish customer service weeks of the year. Be kind...
https://www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2025/11/24/80342108/slog-am-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-out-trump-has-a-new-crush-and-the-olympic-pipeline-could-screw-over-your-holiday-plans
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The Stranger
3 months ago
King County Council Saved the Sound Stage, but It’s Only Funded for the Next Six Months
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What’s Next for Harbor Island Studios?
On Monday, members of the Washington film community sent out an emergency call to action. King County was about to finalize the biennial budget, they said, and the County Council planned to withdraw f...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11/21/80337362/whats-next-for-harbor-island-studios
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4 months ago
Took a brief break from the news to rip my horrible couch to shreds
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It Took Me Two Years to Ditch My Awful Couch, and for What?
My experience getting the couch should have tipped me off that it was not the couch for me and was in fact evil. But I really needed it.
https://www.thestranger.com/arts/2025/11/18/80332238/monster-couch
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4 months ago
The disingenuous whiners at the Seattle Times ed board actually suggested that Katie Wilson—mayor-elect and the founder of the Transit Riders Union (who used to do outreach at the bus stop on Third and Union)—doesn't know that the county, not the city, runs the buses. Cry harder, losers
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4 months ago
During his concession speech, Harrell said: "A lot of people were saying that I shouldn’t concede and that there were anomalies, differences, and stuff." There was no evidence of irregularities. At all. Why imply this? He didn't say.
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There Was Nothing Unusual About Seattle’s Election, or the Results
There was nothing odd, wrong, or suspicious about Seattle’s election results. They sure felt slow, but they weren’t. Someone tell that to outgoing Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle Police Officer’s Guil...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11/14/80325870/there-was-nothing-unusual-about-seattles-election-or-the-results
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Katie Wilson explicitly called herself a socialist in her victory speech. Can't wait for the conservative media frenzy from that soundbite.
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In the lobby of City Hall, waiting for Bruce Harrell's speech where we expect him to concede the mayor's race in a couple minutes.
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4 months ago
It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
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Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Somewhere, Bruce Harrell is slamming a table. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory, and it’s mathematica...
https://www.thestranger.com/general-election-2025/2025/11/12/80322878/katie-wilson-is-seattles-next-mayor
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The results are in. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory. Katie Wilson will be Seattle’s next mayor.
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4 months ago
For those wondering why the ballot counts didn't quite add up today (ballots counted were less than total votes and write-ins went down), King County Elections says they go through all the write-in ballots by hand and some of those were for one of the two candidates, so those got added to the totals
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