AltWeeklies Wire
Why I Am Probably Going to Send the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Parents a Christmas Cardnew
The 10th anniversary of my parents' death brings up many emotions. Hate isn't one of them.
The Stranger |
Emily Pothast |
12-23-2015 |
Features
Tags: Emily Pothast
Why I Gave Up Booze in Favor of Weednew
It helps with my anxiety, it doesn't give me hangovers, and are you aware of what it does to sex?
The Stranger |
Sarah Galvin |
04-13-2015 |
Drugs
Tags: marijuana
A Stunning Overreach from the DEA Is Playing Out in Eastern Wash.new
In federal court, there's no such thing as medical marijuana—so a rural family of medical marijuana patients is being treated like drug traffickers.
The Stranger |
Heidi Groover |
03-02-2015 |
Features
Tags: DEA
How Listening to Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemonew
A year with stage IV cancer.
The Stranger |
Trisha Ready |
01-21-2015 |
Features
Will the Pepper-Spraying Westlake Security Guard Be Punished?new
Last week's incident involving an innocent bystander wasn't the first time this security company has been accused of racial profiling.
The Stranger |
Ansel Herz |
08-22-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Seattle Has Stolen the Nation's Microphonenew
With Richard Sherman's postgame interview, Seattle stole the nation's microphone and it will not give it back! Damn!
The Stranger |
Charles Mudede |
02-05-2014 |
Culture
You Are a Rogue Devicenew
A new apparatus capable of spying on you has been installed throughout downtown Seattle. Very few citizens know what it is, and officials don't want to talk about it.
The Stranger |
Matt Fikse-Verkerk and Brendan Kiley |
11-06-2013 |
Features
How to Destroy a Citynew
Two books try to upend familiar systems; one succeeds.
The Stranger |
Paul Constant |
08-15-2013 |
Books
The War This Timenew
Why was I thinking about Pat Buchanan, gay bars, and AIDS while Colorado burned?
The Stranger |
Dan Savage |
06-26-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: AIDS, Climate Change
Who Would Jesus Fire?new
The religious exemption that allows Catholic hospitals to discriminate against employees.
The Stranger |
Cienna Madrid |
04-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: discrimination
The Lying Diseasenew
Why would someone want to fake a serious illness on the internet?
The Stranger |
Cienna Madrid |
11-26-2012 |
Features
Tags: Technology, Internet Hoaxes
A Big Night for Gay Marriage—and for Equalitynew
Good news from Maryland, Maine, and Washington State.
The Stranger |
Dan Savage and Eli Sanders |
11-07-2012 |
LGBT
The Woman in 606new
Aftermath of a stranger's death and the puzzle of psychosis.
The Stranger |
Christopher Frizzelle |
08-22-2012 |
Features
Tags: Mental Illness
Enemies Foreign and Domesticnew
Dave Eggers and Ben Fountain have written two of the best novels of the year (so far).
The Stranger |
Paul Constant |
08-08-2012 |
Fiction
HRCnew
The Human Rights Campaign—the Country's Largest LGBT Lobbying Group—Has Failed
The Stranger |
Andrew Sullivan |
06-23-2011 |
LGBT
