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Be kind to the people in the industries that will start to reopen in King County while we’re still in a public health crisis. ZORAN ZEREMSKI/GETTY IMAGES King County has been approved to move into the next phase of reopening and will be relaxing some of the COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place since […]

The operation at Vermillion. RS On Tuesday, Carolyn Hitt asked her boss if she could hand out water to the demonstrators protesting police brutality on 11th and Pine, just a block down the street from Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, where Hitt works as a bartender. Diana Adams, who owns the venue, said “Sure, no […]

I’m at a #BlackLivesMatter protest organized by students at Franklin High in Seattle. There are hundreds holding signs and chanting near the intersection of MLK & Rainier Ave. The amount of approving horns is something I’ve only heard outside Iraqi weddings. #seattleprotest pic.twitter.com/X7xcuNCNlk— Dahlia Bazzaz داليا بزاز (@dahliabazzaz) June 5, 2020 Seattle Times‘ schools reporter […]

We’re working hard to keep up-to-date information on the ongoing rallies and activism happening in Seattle in response to police brutality. Here’s one to signal boost happening Saturday in north Seattle. EverOut has a guide to Seattle resistance events here.

Spectrum Dance Theatre’s 2017 piece Shot is a moving response to the long history of violence against black Americans. It’s available to watch in full on YouTube. Spectrum Dance Theatre via Facebook Looking for ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement this weekend? Our resistance & solidarity guide has lots of info in the […]

Last night, two Buffalo police officers were suspended without pay after a deeply disturbing video of them shoving an elderly man to the ground, stepping over his limp body as blood dripped from his ear, surfaced online earlier that day. The man was identified as Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old peace activist and demonstrator, who came […]

Cloud City, but in this case the clouds are tear gas clouds and not Google’s campus. Nathalie Graham For the next 30 days, at least, the Seattle Police Department will not be allowed to use tear gas, or CS gas, as the police call it. The SWAT team can still use tear gas, however, but […]

We love to see it. HBO We gave Michaela Coel’s upcoming series I May Destroy You an excellent review. The 12-episode series premiering on HBO this Sunday takes Coel’s signature wit and applies it to the aftereffects of sexual assault. Frankly, I will watch anything with Michaela Coel in it. The London-born actress is most […]

Here’s another big march to signal boost for tomorrow. The Doctors for Justice March will kick off Saturday June 6 at 9 am and march from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle City Hall. Here are the demands that Doctors for Justice listed on their flyer: Sponsored The 15th Annual HUMP Film Festival is now online, […]