Or at least, they aren’t spending big to destroy it at the ballot, as they have done to similar income tax proposals in the past, the Seattle Times reports. The lack of oligarch backing means the ...

Good morning and happy Monday to those who celebrate. Envelopes with suspicious white powder have been sent to congressional offices ahead of the midterms, NBC reports. US Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s staff ...

Sifting through the infosphere as I drafted Monday’s Slog AM, I was delighted to stumble on an Instagram post introducing Grimothy aka “Jim Reaper, Dark Lord and Father of Jimothy,” as his creators ...

It seems likely that 2026 will be known as the year that AI broke through and became a mainstream political issue. Protests against data centers have swept the country, AI agents are launching ...

At a chilly morning press conference today, Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) Interim CEO Tiffani McCoy announced plans for the agency’s first original construction project, a five-story ...

We’ve rolled out our temporary walls to mount a one-night exhibition at the office! We want to keep the love train going for our 2026 Genius Award winners, so this month, we’re showcasing artists from ...

David Boyle, the director of the Japanese horror film Never After Dark, is not Japanese. He’s white and American, but he has made films that are either set in Japan or, if set in the US, feature ...

As he leads me on a tour of Scarecrow Video, longtime buyer Mark Steiner spots former employee Xoe Amer in the new releases ...

ICE detained a man—breaking his car window in the process—across the street from KapKa Cooperative Elementary School near Woodland Park yesterday. In photos, ICE agents appear to be masked, and at ...

We met staring at the cheese at the Ballard TJ’s. I was impressed by your expertise and wit. And then you told me you are from WI, and I understood. Gone fishing on the Link (the one that got away) ...

Take a break from planning your Halloween costume to check out these newly announced shows! “Messy” singer Lola Young brings ...

It’s Eli Sanders, who you might recognize from winning the Pulitzer Prize for The Stranger a while back. More on that news here.  As one wall falls, another rises: Yesterday was Indigenous People’s ...