This month has stirred up some very mixed emotions within me, and I have found myself spending an inordinate amount of time trying to sift through and make sense of them. I am a Queer Person of Color who is also an essential worker, so I have been feeling some…
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As I sit here reflecting on this historic and catalytic moment in time, I cannot help but think that this is this generation’s revolution not yet fully fledged. The old adage of “it will get worse before it gets better” also comes to mind. Of course, I am grieving, mourning,…
Protests triggered by the killing of the unarmed George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers began on Friday, May 29th in Seattle, and continued throughout the weekend. Three large events this weekend have confronted police without hesitation, with crowds kneeling in solidarity and hands up- mocking the police’s unnecessary brute force…
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot or WTF is our new weekly column diving into the semi weird and confusing terrain of life as we know it currently. Is it news? We aren’t entirely sure, but we know it’s all important. Once a week our very own Thomas McKenzie will dive into a…
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot or WTF is our new weekly column diving into the semi weird and confusing terrain of life as we know it currently. Is it news? We aren’t entirely sure, but we know it’s all important. Once a week our very own Thomas McKenzie will dive into a…
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Seattle Central College has already made the call that Summer quarter 2020 classes will be online. Many of the students are beginning to change their Summer plans. In a recent interview, when asked about his Summer plans, Running Start student Christoph Heller commented, “I had…
The coronavirus has taken several things away from us, especially from those of us who are still in school. Online learning has to scramble to the rescue when everyone from preschoolers to doctoral candidates is suddenly being forced to stay home. But is it working? Having everything transferred to the…
The sweeps keep coming On May 4th the City of Seattle Navigation Team swept another encampment in the Ballard neighborhood. The city does not like to call these forced removals sweeps, and does not like to say that the people in the area that was not-swept were displaced. The amount…
I think everyone can whole-heartedly agree that this sucks. It sucks butt. Smart people are stuck in their houses if they can afford them, while other people are protesting in uncomfortably close crowds and may as well be touting neon signs that say “I’m white with a gun so you…
In December of 2019, a Twitter user in Seattle posted an image of a homeless person sleeping on the cold ground near a bench. The bench in question, meanwhile, was occupied by a bronze sculpture called Homeless Jesus; a bronze depiction of a sleeper huddled under a blanket on a…
