As the two executives of immigration advocacy group Washington Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN) burned through cash and as donations dropped, a unionization effort from their workers led them to do something unthinkable for a Washington nonprofit allied with labor...
Alternative R&B singer and producer Syd named her third full-length solo album Beard as a nod to growing out her “peach fuzz” mustache. The title couldn’t be more appropriate as she embraces her own standards of attractiveness and steps...
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, Macklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour, U2’s The Edge (reportedly) wrote a sequel to Elf, and Television guitarist Richard Lloyd passed away. Plus, I’ll discuss why...
I’m noticing a trend happening with new hardcore bands. At the show I saw the other night at El Corazón, the openers and the main act (!) repeatedly called out members of the crowd that opted out of the...
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...
Let’s begin AM with my November 9 Odyssey. After teaching a night class at Cornish College of the Arts, a film class that concerned the Soviet Montage school (we discussed Man With a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov), I...
Mayor Katie Wilson gave an emphatic “yes” to the immediate expansion of police surveillance in Seattle on Tuesday, with no immediate policies to reduce the risk of abuse by local and federal law enforcement power in 4 to 6...
The countdown to the holidays is on, meaning there’s a limited timeframe to pick up gifts for your loved ones. Luckily, the season brings an abundance of markets filled with holiday cheer plus local makers and artisans selling handmade...
I’m a 22-year-old male and still a virgin. I’m quite anxious about entering the dating scene because the vast majority of women my age have a lot more sexual and romantic experience and they will see my inexperience as...
Washington’s pasty urban press corps wasn’t paying much attention to the Yakima Valley heading into the election as a state legislative district that Democrats could flip. But they’re paying attention now. Republicans lost control for the first time in...
