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Child Care Options During the Seattle Public Schools Strike

Fall's quintessential back-to-school season has become a mad scramble for many Seattle parents. Teachers from the Seattle Education Association authorized a strike yesterday,...

What to Do for Labor Day Weekend

A federal holiday honoring the American labor movement just so happens to be the last three-day weekend unofficially marking the end of summer. Here's how to...

Washington’s 60 Most Timeless Inventions

Sixty years ago, at what would be the apex of the Century 21 Exposition, there was a problem. Just below the titular...

A Suite of Seattle Tech's Ubiquitous Products

Windows The flashing commands of MS-DOS didn’t stand the test of time, but the rectangular boxes that followed did. More than 1.4...

6 Washington Ideas That Went National

$15 Minimum Wage Law A local surge in the national Fight for 15 movement lifted the floor on workers’ pay here. Since...

11 Games, Toys, and Tools Invented in Washington

Pictionary Industry night shenanigans led Lake Union Cafe server Rob Angel to commit this charades offshoot to paper in 1985. Coworker Gary...

12 of Washington's Most Vital Medical Inventions

Disposable Diapers UW grad Victor Mills pivoted a Procter and Gamble paper pulp plant into churning out absorbent, disposable covers for baby bottoms....

This Citywide Bake Sale Supports Abortion Access

Bakers Against Racism roared to life in 2020, building a network of sourdough masters and cookie gurus across the nation (and beyond)...

Pokémon Go Fest Arrives in Seattle

This weekend, tens of thousands of Pokémon trainers will descend on downtown and Seattle Center for Pokémon Go Fest, a three-day IRL...

Guide to the Seattle Art Fair

Back in 2019, before ish really hit the fan, Seattle Art Fair delighted (and befuddled) us with a Bubble Boy–esque earthquake simulator and a performance...

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