Siren, a feminist online dating app, is shutting down today. In a blog postannouncing the news earlier this week, Siren co-founder Susie Lee cited financial difficulties for the closure and lamented the lack of support for women in tech. Now, in an interview with The Stranger, Lee and co-founder Katrina Hess break down the complicated history behind the end of […]

When I miss my last bus home after a night out with friends, I don’t have to panic. Instead, it’s a no-brainer: I can just hazily flick through my smartphone and open my Uber app, through which I can summon a driver to pick me up. For car-less people like me, Uber and other smartphone […]

Before his world was thrown into turmoil, Fasil Tekola lived a comfortable life in Ethiopia’s capitol city, Addis Ababa. Born into a wealthy family, his father a colonel, he was one of only a few kids who drove their own cars to school. But his family also had a strong connection to the land: They […]

It’s an understatement to say that 2015 was a devastating year for wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Unusually warm and dry weather had our state in emergency drought since May. Conditions were ripe for fires to spread rapidly – and that’s exactly what happened this summer. The fires were so large that teams from all […]

The Central District — or, depending on whom you’re talking to, the Central Area — has seen so much change over the years. It’s hard to get a grasp on its origins, but reader Beth Anderson wanted to try. “What was it before it was the CD — who were (the) early inhabitants? Who settled there? Why was that […]

Seattleites can get passionate about the issues that matter most to them. But sometimes people can feel like they don’t have the space to talk about certain issues — like housing, homelessness, police brutality and more — openly. Edwin Lindo, a University of Washington law school professor and lifelong activist, wants to change that. Last Saturday, he […]

window as he was about to drive to work. A police officer stood outside with his gun drawn. After confirming his identity, Salazar-Campaña was ordered to step out of his car to answer the officer’s questions. The police officer told him his car was reported as stolen. (The Spokane Police Department was unable to locate […]

Graciela Nuñez hasn’t been sleeping well since President Donald Trump announced on September 5 his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. President Obama established the program via executive order in 2012 to protect immigrants who arrived to the United States as minors, known as “Dreamers,” from deportation and grant them […]

Angela Garbes became a mom in 2015, and as a food writer at The Stranger (and a producer-of-food for a tiny human), she had a lot of questions. Her first dive into the world of research around pregnancy and motherhood started with a fascinating article about breast milk. That inspired her to write Like A Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science […]

Zoning can be a bit of a snoozer. It’s a wonky topic with a high learning curve thanks to lots of legalese and acronyms — HALA! MHA! TOD! But getting a handle on it can help us get smarter about something pretty critical: how our city grows. “Education is so important along land use,” says Laura Loe, […]