I was a young gay man in the 80s who got by on survival sex The Seattle Times dropped a bombshell on the local political scene last week, publishing a lengthy account of interviews with three separate men who... Geov Parrish
Dear Son, I'm sorry you like Trump. And other letters to loved ones On the eve of the Trump administration, we asked you to write your loved ones. These are those letters. Isolde Raftery
Write a letter to a loved one before Trump is president To our listeners and readers: On the eve of the Trump presidency, we will be publishing letters from you to a loved one. Would you join us? You can love... Isolde Raftery
I escaped Nazi Germany. I see its ideology alive in America today A call to action: I was born in Munich, Germany, in 1920. I lived there during the rise of the Nazi Party and left for the U.S.A. in 1938. Franz W. Wassermann M.D.
'Pretty for a black person' and other insults I've endured This letter was written in response to an essay, A man shouts racial slurs in a Seattle Starbucks. The silence is deafening. We have granted this writer... Anonymous
In Trump era, a case for underdogs like Pluto This essay, by former Mayor Mike McGinn, was first published in Encyclopedia Greenwoodia by the Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas. We happened... Mike McGinn
Dark days ahead: American professors on Trump presidency In the liberal bastion that is Seattle, the response to the election was acute. People cried openly on buses and in cafes. Some took time off work to... Isolde Raftery
My mom's mental illness told through photos Since 2009, I have been making photographs of my mentally ill, substance-abusing mother. Her diagnoses change frequently – from alcoholism to... Melissa Spitz
I'm terrified: Trump supporters call, telling me to go home They first called when I was at my son’s open house, and they left me a message. Hello, Morshida ... On behalf of the Donald Trump Association, I was... Morshida Islam
What I learned living in Garrison Keillor's house Garrison Keillor and I stood on a rainy Seattle sidewalk waiting for the valet to bring my car around so I could drive him back to his hotel. Garrison... Katy Sewall
