Lawsuit: Administration unfairly prolongs family separation
The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of three Central American migrants held in federal custody in Washington state, thousands of miles from where immigration...
View ArticleThe Decline of White America and the Heroism of Crossing the Border Illegally
by Charles MudedeA love supreme... vichinterlang/gettyimages.com This morning Heidi Groover wrote that Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal interviewed immigrants detained at the federal prison in SeaTac—it's...
View ArticleForsaken, Forsooth! The Monochrome Set Is Coming to Seattle!
by Sean NelsonThe Monochrome Set is playing March 5, 2019 at Barboza. Anglophiles! Quadra- and quinquagenarians! Song-based post-punk partisans! Lend me your calendars: The Monochrome set will be...
View ArticleLocal DJ Hanssen Is All About Making You Dance to the "Weirdest Shit"
Local DJ Hanssen reveals her top 5 tracks at the moment, all of which skew to the eccentric end of the dance-music spectrum.by Dave SegalHanssen's goal is "always to play the weirdest shit I can, and...
View ArticleMaxine Waters, Trump, and the Art of the Shun
There are 939 days left until Trump's first term is over.by Eli SandersDemocratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images To recap: Over the weekend, the owner of a...
View ArticleMy Husband Cheated—Repeatedly—While I Was Pregnant and Put My...
by Dan Savage I'm the wife in a hetero couple, together 10 years. Had a good sex life until I got off birth control to try to have a baby and suddenly started suffering from symptoms due to a hormonal...
View ArticleFederal Officials Tell Portland ICE Protesters They're Breaking the Law
by Alex Zielinski KELLY KENOYER Officials with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have informed protesters with Occupy ICE PDX that they're breaking federal law by camping out in front of a...
View ArticleHot Footage from Seattle Pride 2018
by Katie HerzogA post shared byThe Stranger 🗞 (@thestrangerseattle) on Jun 25, 2018 at 2:42pm PDT [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleHas Darigold Started a War with RVs Parked Near Columbia City?
by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede It is, you will agree, a very interesting street. It's 36th Avenue South. On one side, it connects with South Genesee Street. On the other side, it ends with a gate...
View ArticleSeattle city attorneys dispute perjury allegation in Charleena Lyles lawsuit
In strongly worded court papers, the city attorneys blasted lawyers representing the Charleena Lyles estate for claiming one of the two officers who shot Lyles perjured himself when he testified the...
View ArticleSeaTac Asylum Seekers Sue Feds Over Family Separations
"My son is all that I have. Every day I am not with him, I feel that I am dying inside."by Heidi GrooverThe Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, where immigration lawyers say asylum seekers are being...
View ArticleSeattle City Council approves free bus passes for high-school students
The council approved Mayor Jenny Durkan's proposal to spend about $5 million a year to provide year-round ORCA cards for 16,000 students in Seattle public schools.
View ArticleAttorneys for ex-Bremerton football coach who prayed after games petition...
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kennedy’s appeal earlier this year that claimed the district infringed on his religious and personal rights.
View ArticleWashington state immigrant-rights advocates condemn Supreme Court’s ruling...
There's no expected impact on arrivals at Sea-Tac International Airport since the travel ban has been in place.
View ArticleCan You Guess Who Just Became the First Sitting Congressperson with a...
"Pro-labor candidates must hire unionized organizers; if they don’t, they’re not pro-labor."by Heidi GrooverSeattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. JOHN BOAL Of course you can. Seattle Congresswoman...
View ArticleEight Resistance Events in Seattle This Week: June 26–July 1, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do Staff Jessica Fu If you’re incensed or depressed by recent national developments concerning immigration and human rights, you’re not alone. Here, you can find gatherings this...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Lying Liars
SCOTUS ruled Monday in favor of so-called "pregnancy crisis centers."by Katie Herzog Sean Pavone/GettyRuling in favor of Donald Trump's Patented Muslim Travel Ban™wasn't the only terrible thing the...
View ArticleJust Because You Liked The Matrix, Doesn't Mean You Can't Heckle the Hell Out...
by Charles Mudede In 2011, economist Yanis Varoufakis posted an essay on his blog titled “The Trouble with Humans: Why is labour special and especially targeted at a time of crisis” that provides an...
View ArticleProtesters Surround ICE Headquarters in Portland and New York
There isn't currently an "Occupy ICE" action in Seattle like those in Portland and New York.by Eli SandersA protester with Occupy ICE PDX. Kelly Kenoyer Down in Portland, protesters have been...
View Article17 states sue Trump administration over family separations
SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have...
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