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Nobody Wants a McDonald’s in Chinatown
Residents Mobilize to Block Proposed Franchise on 4th and Jackson
McDonald’s wants to put a new store in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID). Almost nobody thinks that’s a good idea. They are decidedly not loving it. Last night, about 80 CID residents and supporters packed the meeting of the International Special Review District (ISRD), the neighborhood’s historic preservation board. Impassioned public comments, handmade protest signs in…
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Seattle Mayor Expands Police Camera Surveillance Today, With No Privacy Safeguards in 2026
Big Sister is watching you. Maybe Trump, too.
Restaurants Are Banding Together to Solve the Delivery App Mess
A New Service Called Yaku Promises More Pricing Transparency and Fair Pay for Drivers
Seattle’s Proposed Fire Department Cuts Expose Stretched Emergency Response System
A Rough Look at What Corners of Seattle Would be Hard Hit by Mayor Katie Wilson’s $7 million Cuts to Firefighter Overtime
King County Regional Homelessness Authority CEO Resigns
She’s Leaving After Damning Financial Audit Put the Agency’s Future in Question
Black Women Saved Our Empire
White Americans Were Still Committed to Destroying It
Councilmember Rob Saka Backs Katie Wilson’s RV Ban Veto
Dan Strauss Flounders in His Press Conference as the Mayor Lays Out Her Own RV Plan
Wednesday’s Ballot Drop Is Here
It Is Small and Not Much Is Different at All
Idaho Voters Picked the Evilest Possible State Gun
The Northwest’s Chuds Meet the Blue Wave with a Fusillade of Lever-Action Fire
In Ballard, Looking at the Greenland Deal
Diplomacy insiders converged on the National Nordic Museum in Seattle weeks after Trump signed the Greenland deal.
Last Month This Month: October
All the Flying Cars, Unionizing Cheerleaders, and Measles Cases You Missed This Month
UW Gaza Protesters Declare Victory After Prosecutors Cut Deal to Dismiss Charges
Targeted after occupying a Boeing-funded building to protest UW’s links to genocide, they still carry scars from their violent arrests.
What to Do If You See ICE
A Stranger Mini Zine
LIVE: The Stranger’s 2026 General Election Night Coverage
Let’s Tax the Rich!
Meta Keeps Suspending Seattle Gay Bars and Clubs from Instagram
Gay Club Massive Lost Access to Its Accounts Ahead of Halloween Weekend
Katie Wilson Vetoes Strauss’ RV Ban
She Said the Bill is Expensive, Legally Risky, and Will Hurt Homeless Seattleites
State Supreme Court Candidate Sean O’Donnell Says He Supports Reproductive Rights, Local Advocates Aren’t Convinced
The state’s leading reproductive rights advocacy groups say they sent O’Donnell a standard endorsement questionnaire. He never filled them out.
Why Don’t Washington’s Corporations and Billionaires Oppose the Millionaires Tax?
The 99 Percent and the 0.1 Percent Join Hands to Fuck the Petit Bourgeoise
New Complaint Alleges Right-Wing Podcaster Brandi Kruse Is a Grassroots Lobbyist
Her Anti-Trans Stunt at the Portland Thorns Game Does Not Help Her Case
Tom Skerritt Has Left the Grand Illusion
The Seattle-Based Star of Alien, Top Gun, and Picket Fences Died at 93
Idaho Lawmakers Tried to Conflate Abortion with Human Trafficking and Seattle Attorneys Are Fighting Back
Inside the bad-faith fight to disrupt young people’s access to abortion, and what it could mean for abortion access everywhere.
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