But in this year’s race for Seattle School Board Director, District 2, they didn’t get it right, and I’m writing to express ...

And as of Monday, only 105,537 Seattleites had voted. For a city with more than 800,000 people (and at least 630,100 people ...

So to the young people who feel like their votes don’t matter: They do, because you matter. You are not just the future, but ...

Cynthia Green is an eight-decade resident of Seattle who grew up in the Central District, and the namesake of the Cynthia A Green Family Center in Skyway.

Stranger Suggests: A Music Fest Worth Freaking Out About, a Party with an Oyster Luge, and Don’t Forget to Vote!

Speaking of Turnout: As of last night, the county had counted 232,810 ballots. Almost 33 percent of those are 65-plus. And if history (and Stranger polling) are any indication, those voters are ...

Rich Smith is The Stranger's former News Editor. He writes about politics, books, and performance. You can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com ...

Dear Hendrix, One day, while we were lying in bed, your dad asked, “So, if you could go anywhere in the continental United States, where would you go?” Ha! That was easy. “New Orleans!” “Why is that?” ...

The government shutdown is on its 31st day, and come Saturday, November 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding. On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump ...

The one in 10 Washington residents who rely on the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are ...

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Trick or Treaters beware. An atmospheric river-like weather system will unleash a soggy hell ...

King County Councilmembers Girmay Zahilay and Claudia Balducci are neck-and-neck in the race for King County Executive, ...