Our very own visual journalist, Jordan Somers, has made local mural artists’ labors of love his mission to document for posterity during the COVID-19 shutdown and the Black Lives Matter protests. We have previously presented some of his chronicles, and we have the pleasure of sharing more of his work…
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Issued late night on June 30, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s executive order authorized all city departments to reply to “exigent life safety, public health, and property issues” in and around protestors’ CHOP (Capitol Hill Organized Protest) zone. Protestors established the zone on June 8, following nightly demonstrations that busied the…
The words “tear gas” have been thrown around innumerable times since the beginning of the popular uprising in response to the police killing of George Floyd. It has become one of the most prevalent and controversial police tactics for dispersing crowds of protestors. What tear gas is is not entirely…
On Sunday, June 7th, Seattle Gay News publisher and editor-in-chief George Bakan was found dead at his work desk. He was 78 years old. George was a much-beloved trailblazer, activist and leader in the LGBTQ+ community, spearheading many of the LGBTQ+ social movements we take for granted today. George was…
Seattle city officials announced Wednesday their decision to withdraw a request that would lift eight years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department. This change came on the heels of pressure from community organizers, political leaders and demonstrators calling for measures to defund and demilitarize Seattle police. Meanwhile, thousands…
