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Massive Lawsuit Filed Against Boy Scouts Of America Includes Local Charters
A lawsuit filed Thursday in King County Superior Court alleges that the Boy Scouts of America continues to cover up a culture that ignored serial pedophiles in its ranks.
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Husky Stadium Has Long History Beyond Football
Early September means college football. And down along Montlake Boulevard, the University of Washington Huskies are getting ready to play in their remodeled and expanded stadium. Though most of the...
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The Conversation Faces The End
The World Is Not Ending! But What If It Was?Some people believed the world would end on December 21, 2012, and they were completely wrong about that. David Hyde asked listeners how they would spend...
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Barack Obama, Larry Wilmore And The Shia-Sunni Split
Before He Was President: Senator Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama is currently in his fifth year in the White House. Before he was president, then-Senator Barack Obama visited KUOW. Steve Scher...
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"Cinderella Ate My Daughter" With Peggy Orenstein
Pink is no longer just a color for young girls — it’s a lifestyle. It celebrates girlhood, but more alarmingly, it fuses girlhood to an obsession with appearance, argues Peggy Orenstein.Orenstein, an...
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Certification Of Wash. Health Plans Delayed
It will be another week before Washington consumers will know how many new certified health plans will be be sold in the exchange. The exchange is a web-based market for health insurance that’s part of...
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Washington Tribes Grow Impatient With Fish-Killing Dam
Right now there are tens of thousands of salmon dying at the base of an outdated dam on the White River east of Tacoma in Buckley, Wash.
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Amy Tan: Creative Minds Do Not Think Alike
Coming up on Speakers Forum, September 5 at 8:00 p.m.Amy Tan’s mother wanted her to become a doctor and a concert pianist. Instead, Tan chose to write fiction, a career that was out of line with her...
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Nancy Pearl On The Best Books Of The Summer
Coming up on Spotlight, September 2 at 8:00 p.m.What was the best book you read this summer? Book commentator Nancy Pearl joins us with her picks, and we want to hear yours, too.Call 206-543-5869...
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Seattle Teachers, District Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
Seattle School District and its teachers' union have reached a tentative agreement on a new, two-year contract.The district and Seattle Education Association (SEA) bargained for more than 12 hours...
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From Gravy To Drugs: Ben Zimmer On The Origin Of "Dope"
We’ve seen lots of sports scandals in the news over the years that have to do with performance-enhancing drugs, commonly referred to as doping. Dope, from the Dutch word doop, is actually a gravy or a...
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Pirate Store Brings Trader Joe's To Canada
Unauthorized, unaffiliated and unafraid reads the sign outside of Michael Hallatt's store in Canada. He is the owner of Pirate Joe’s, a small reselling store in Vancouver, Canada, that sells, among...
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Seattle's Paid Sick Leave Law, One Year Later
Seattle’s Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance is a year old this week. The law requires employers with more than four workers to provide paid time off for illness or a safety issue. But not all employers...
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Oregon Sen. Wyden On The NSA, "The Law Always Ought To Be Public"
"When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they are going to be stunned, and they are going to be angry," said Oregon Senator Ron Wyden on the...
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LGBT Activists Protest At The Russian Consul General's House
Tuesday afternoon, activists led by The Stranger's Dan Savage will protest in front of the Russian Consul General's house in Madison Park. The protest is in response to a Russian law passed in June...
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The Seattle Teachers Union Votes Today On Tentative Agreement
The Seattle teachers union and the school district have reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract. The union will vote on the agreement today, on the eve of the first scheduled day of...
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One Girl's Misson To Re-Classify Pygmy Goats
Ava Anissipour is on a mission to convince Federal Way to re-classify pygmy goats as pets, not livestock. Anissipour has had a pygmy goat since she was nine years old; she's 12 now.Anissipour says...
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Microsoft Buys Nokia Devices For A New Shot At The Smartphone Market
Microsoft’s $7 billion purchase of Nokia’s mobile device business is an important step toward gaining ground in the worldwide smartphone market, analysts say.But bigger challenges await as the company...
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Gov. Inslee: Special Session On Transportation Needed
Governor Jay Inslee held a press conference on Tuesday to announce that he wants to call a special session of the state Legislature this fall.The session would address what Inslee and King County...
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Seattle Teachers Agree To New Contract On Eve Of First Day Of School
The school year will begin on time Wednesday in Seattle Public Schools after its teachers' union approved a new, two-year contract in a last-minute vote Tuesday night.
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