50 years ago, The Seattle Times made predictions for 2020. Some sound silly today, but some came true
A 1970 issue of The Seattle Times magazine made bold predictions about what the world would be like in 2020, painting a picture of a...
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Reflecting on 2019, looking ahead to 2020
This time of year always brings a bit of reflection. Even more so as we wind down a decade and look forward to a new...
Capital-B ‘Black’ becomes standard usage at The Seattle Times
New guidance on usage of "Black" arose from discussions in the broader culture about what constitutes a people, and the historical use of various words...
State legislators are subject to public-records law, Washington state Supreme Court rules
The Washington state Supreme Court ruled that legislators are subject to the state Public Records Act in a landmark win for news media and other open-records...
After Seattle Times alert flub inspires jokes on Reddit, Seattle musician creates hipster parody of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’
"Kombucha La Croix mumblecore, freegan bitters, locavore …" Inspired to escalate a joke in a Reddit thread, Seattle musician Tom Jones created a parody of...
Introducing The Plot Thickens, a new column on crime books
In the first installment of Seattle Times arts critic Moira Macdonald's new column about crime fiction (and, occasionally, crime nonfiction), she talks about what she...
‘There’s nothing you can do to fix this’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com
Each week, we highlight some of the most interesting or insightful reader comments on recent Seattle Times articles. Excerpts have been lightly edited for spelling, grammar...
New era, new critics, new philosophy: How The Seattle Times is revamping its restaurant coverage
Our new restaurant critics pledge their allegiance to your eating happiness and to the betterment of our restaurant scene — and explain how they're going...
‘I’m not a bike zealot, but…’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com
With a primary election this week, there was no shortage of discussion happening in Seattle Times comment threads. But readers had plenty else to talk...
Behind the Byline: Meet arts critic Moira Macdonald
Seattle Times arts critic Moira Macdonald discusses her book club, what inspires her, and why criticism is a vulnerable way to write. This is the...
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