How Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on in King County Fifty years ago today, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Decades later, a motion passed in the King... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Is Amazon really skirting antitrust law? In 1890, the Sherman Act was passed. Its purpose was to preserve a competitive marketplace against potential consumer abuses. But the law isn't supposed... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
How misleading Facebook ads played out in a Seattle election KUOW's Kim Malcolm talks with The Stranger associate editor Eli Sanders about how micro-targeting of Facebook ads has been used in Seattle elections.... Kim Malcolm
Sugar-Man Steve Almond ponders 'Bad Stories' If you’re familiar with the Dear Sugar advice column, you know who Steve Almond is. For the uninitiated, he was the first “Sugar” — a purportedly female... John O'Brien
Stories of anger and mourning from Tea Party country We hear all the time about the social-political divide in the United States, mostly from the comfort of our respective bubbles. When UC Berkeley-based... John O'Brien
David Barsamian: 'This is a moment where we cannot look away' If you listen to David Barsamian’s long-running public affairs program Alternative Radio, you know his distinct voice, full of passionate analysis and... John O'Brien
How bad is it? 'Even worse than you think,' says author Journalist David Cay Johnston has known and reported on President Donald Trump for nearly 30 years. When they first met in Atlantic City, Johnston says... John O'Brien
The 'impossible position' of being president Here’s a test for you. Who was the first U.S. President to be born an American, i.e., after the Revolution? Hint: He is the same man who said “As to the... John O'Brien
What do we do about all these Russian bots? Marcie Sillman talks to Samuel Woolley , director of the Digital Intelligence Lab at the Institute of the Future, about how social media bots have... Marcie Sillman
Our beliefs can cage us. But they can also set us free You probably don't remember the passage of a comet named Hale-Bopp in the late 1990s. But you might remember what came after that. Glynn Washington,... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
