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Hunger Strike Over Poor Food Quality at NWDC Concludes

Hunger Strike Over Poor Food Quality at NWDC Concludes

More than 140 Immigrants Participated, Winning Concessions From ICE and GEO Group

by Guy Oron

Bike Trail Flail

Readers’ Rants and Confessions

Pop Loser: Courtney Love Update, New Shabazz Palaces Single, and Three Blood Brothers Return as Evil Island

All the Music News and Events for Your Week

Mildred’s Death Day

Death

Mildred’s Death Day

And Three More Stories About Dying, Loss, and Grief

The Bends

The Bends

Living With Peyronie’s Disease

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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 17–August 23

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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 17–August 23

Saving Little Saigon

Saving Little Saigon

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Lap Dance

Lap Dance

Pop Loser: It’s Not Right But It’s Okay That I Didn’t Get Anything From the Whitney Houston Auction

Pop Loser

Pop Loser: It’s Not Right But It’s Okay That I Didn’t Get Anything From the Whitney Houston Auction

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What Happens When We Go?

What Happens When We Go?

Welcome to The Stranger’s August Issue

by Hannah Murphy Winter

August 2026 Issue

Mildred’s Death Day

Fare Share

Exposure Therapy

Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

Things to Do in August: Literature

Things to Do in August: Film

Things to Do in August: Visual Art

Things to Do in August: Music

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Trump Killed the Truth, the Left Must Now Bury It

Trump Killed the Truth, the Left Must Now Bury It

Karoline Leavitt Is Now Free to Stop Lying; Pete Hegseth Is Not

by Charles Mudede

The Best Thing I Saw This Week: Toppled Ice

The Best Thing I Saw This Week: Toppled Ice

An Exhibition About Things Remembered Is Melty, Slippery, and Moving

by Amanda Manitach

Slog AM

Slog AM: Trump Declares Oman and Iran’s Strait of Hormuz is Ours, Mariners Humiliated Before Tens of Thousands, Washington Judge Rules Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness Now Apply to Data Center Power Lines

August 19, 2026 9:30 amAugust 19, 2026 12:39 pm

Arts

Rasheena Fountain

August 17, 2026 10:00 am

Things to Do

The Stranger’s Calendar

The Stranger’s Calendar

News

After Odyssey Walkout, SIFF Cinema Workers Union Is Back at the Negotiating Table

August 14, 2026 3:33 pmAugust 14, 2026 3:33 pm

Guest Rant

The Ballot Initiative to Ban Trans Girls from Sports in Washington Will Threaten All Women and Girls

August 14, 2026 1:55 pmAugust 14, 2026 2:23 pm

Guest Rant: School Counselors Saved Me from Abuse

Guest Rant

Guest Rant: School Counselors Saved Me from Abuse

August 14, 2026 12:30 pm

EverOut

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 14–16, 2026

August 14, 2026 11:00 am

EverOut

Ticket Alert: Steve Lacy, Frost Children, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

August 13, 2026 2:17 pmAugust 13, 2026 2:17 pm

News

Seattle City Council Bans Rental Junk Fees, Funds Assistance for LGBTQ People

August 13, 2026 1:40 pmAugust 14, 2026 10:24 am

Arts

A Place to Begin

August 13, 2026 10:00 am

Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, Not Smith

News

Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, Not Smith

August 12, 2026 3:59 pmAugust 13, 2026 3:25 pm

Slog AM: Diesel Hits Record High, the Polls Are Lying to You, but the Alchemists Are Not, and a Canadian University Will Cut Some, but Not All, Financial Ties to Hitler

News

Slog AM: Diesel Hits Record High, the Polls Are Lying to You, but the Alchemists Are Not, and a Canadian University Will Cut Some, but Not All, Financial Ties to Hitler

by Hunter Pauli August 18, 2026 9:30 am

Slog AM: A Walking, Talking Drain on Worker Power, To Make Peace, President Threatens War, Hayden Panettiere Dead at 36

Slog AM/PM

Slog AM: A Walking, Talking Drain on Worker Power, To Make Peace, President Threatens War, Hayden Panettiere Dead at 36

by Vivian McCall August 17, 2026 9:55 amAugust 17, 2026 9:56 am

Slog AM: Luigi Pleads Guilty, DHS Spied on Anti-ICE Protester Groups, West Seattle Light Rail Will Open When You Are Nine Years Closer to the Grave

Slog AM

Slog AM: Luigi Pleads Guilty, DHS Spied on Anti-ICE Protester Groups, West Seattle Light Rail Will Open When You Are Nine Years Closer to the Grave

by Nathalie Graham August 14, 2026 9:30 amAugust 14, 2026 11:59 am

Slog AM: A Bitter Bruce Harrell Supporter Wants Katie Wilson Out, the Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock Social Media Posts, and ICE Is Getting Electrocution Gloves

Slog AM

Slog AM: A Bitter Bruce Harrell Supporter Wants Katie Wilson Out, the Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock Social Media Posts, and ICE Is Getting Electrocution Gloves

by Megan Seling August 13, 2026 9:34 amAugust 13, 2026 9:34 am

Review: A Killer Trans Film by Jane Schoenbrun

Arts

Review: A Killer Trans Film by Jane Schoenbrun

If ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Gets Too Real, You Can Always Turn It Off

by Kathy Fennessy August 12, 2026 1:54 pmAugust 12, 2026 1:54 pm

EverOut’s Highlights From Capitol Hill Block Party 2026

EverOut

EverOut’s Highlights From Capitol Hill Block Party 2026

Standout Sets, Festival Vibes, and More Observations

by EverOut Staff August 12, 2026 1:42 pmAugust 12, 2026 1:42 pm

Slog AM: Kyoto Teriyaki Gets Uber’d, Republicans Are Not the Michael Jordans of Business, a Tale of Two Midwestern Elections

Slog AM

Slog AM: Kyoto Teriyaki Gets Uber’d, Republicans Are Not the Michael Jordans of Business, a Tale of Two Midwestern Elections

by Charles Mudede and Vivian McCall August 12, 2026 9:30 am

Fare Share

Fare Share

Is Pidgin Cooperative’s Worker-Owned Model the Future of Seattle’s Restaurant Industry?

by Meg van Huygen August 11, 2026 3:00 pm

Block-Rockin’ Feats

Arts

Block-Rockin’ Feats

Belltown Blast Celebrates the Neighborhood’s Artsy Tenacity

by Dave Segal August 11, 2026 2:07 pmAugust 11, 2026 3:27 pm

Hang on Snoopy

Hang on Snoopy

It’s Entirely Possible This is a Fake-Ass Rage Bait Question

by Dan Savage August 11, 2026 11:20 amAugust 11, 2026 11:20 am

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