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Crime

Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure

What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone.

Nellie Bowles New York Times Aug 2020 10min Permalink

Science Health

Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

Charles Duhigg New Yorker Apr 2020 Permalink

Music

A Song of Shadow and Light

The Tacoma Refugee Choir founder didn’t anticipate its impact on her—or her city.

James Ross Gardner Seattle Met Jun 2019 20min Permalink

Crime Politics

Staffing the Accused: Inside the Six-Month-Long Downfall of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray

Their boss allegedly committed sexual assault and abuse. He denied everything. They had to decide: Who do I believe? What do I do?

Eli Sanders The Stranger Jan 2018 45min Permalink

Crime

The Russian Spies Who Fooled Seattle

There the man in the shorts—later identified as a Russian agent using the alias Richard Murphy of New Jersey—handed Michael Zottoli from Seattle two items: a flash memory card and a bag that held $150,000 in cash.

Within nine months they’d both be behind bars.

James Ross Gardner Seattle Met Oct 2017 20min Permalink

Sex Health

Can We "Cure" the Men Who Pay for Sex?

A program in Washington state aims to teach johns about healthy relationships - and the patriarchy.

Brooke Jarvis GQ Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Crime

The Real-Life Superhero Who Beats the Cops to Bike Thieves

Meet Seattle’s cycling vigilante, Bike Batman.

Christopher Solomon Outside Aug 2016 20min Permalink

Business

Dick Cantwell's Beer Is Immortal

When Elysian Brewing sold itself to Big Beer, it set off a revolt among Seattle craft beer enthusiasts.

Allecia Vermillion Seattle Met Sep 2015 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Indigo Gets Married"

Interactions and complications ensue at a Seattle wedding.

Jami Attenberg Guernica Jan 2015 Permalink

Science Food

The Octopus That Almost Ate Seattle

The Giant Pacific Octopus is, in the words of a Seattle conservationist, a “glamour animal.” It is also tasty. Therein lies the conflict.

Marnie Hanel New York Times Magazine Oct 2013 10min Permalink

The Girl on the Bridge

Seattle’s Aurora Bridge has been the most notorious suicide site in the Northwest for 80 years. On one man’s fight to erect a fence and the race to save one last jumper.

James Ross Gardner Seattle Met Jul 2011 20min Permalink

Science

The Urban Hunt

On killing and eating small game in Seattle.

Brendan Kiley The Stranger Sep 2006 25min Permalink

Crime

The Long Con

The anatomy of a bungled, massively expensive undercover sting conducted by the Seattle Police Department.

Brendan Kiley The Stranger May 2011 35min Permalink

Crime

A Haunted City

Returning to the scenes of three famous deaths in Seattle.

Charles Mudede The Stranger Oct 2010 10min Permalink

Science

Sexy Beast

A profile of the mysterious and moderately intelligent Giant Pacific Octopus.

Brendan Kiley The Stranger Sep 2009 20min Permalink