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 […]

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 […]

We live in crazy times. Far-right agitators—from white-nationalist leader Richard Spencer to recent pariah Milo Yiannopoulos—have sparked renewed interest in what types of speech are protected. Some on the left find themselves wanting to ban, stifle, or prohibit certain types of speech, especially speech they feel has been weaponized for use against historically disempowered communities. […]

My fingertips felt tingly as I walked into Lake City’s Rage Industry over the weekend. Vases, mugs, terra-cotta pots, candlestick holders, and empty bottles of Tsingtao beer and Charles Shaw wine lined the walls of the unassuming-looking building. On the opposite side of the storefront, a sign reading “Smash me :)” was taped onto a […]

In her first year as a massage therapist, Jennifer Chan became used to her hands aching at the end of a day’s work. But one day, one of her clients brought her own massage oils for Chan to use. Afterward, Chan noticed that her hands, normally sore after eight hours of kneading, didn’t hurt as […]