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5/9/25: PRO-PROTESTER PROTEST
May 8th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Rally defends suspended UW activists; ICE spying on Spokane immigration activist; Bill Gates plans to donate his fortune, wind down Gates Foundation in 20 years; the all-American (and apparently anti-MAGA) new pope.

5/8/25: IT FLOATS
May 7th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Tacoma Art Museum’s modern takes on old Japanese art; King County warned of a ‘federal government that doesn’t exist anymore;’ UW suspends 21 student protesters; what ‘Victory in Europe’ 80 years ago means in the present day.

5/5/25: DEEP FRIED, DEEP TROUBLE
May 4th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Recalling the infamous Donut House on 1st & Pike; judge strikes down White House order against law firm Perkins Coie; first tariff horror stories emerge; cops crack down on Denny Blaine nudes.

5/2/25: IT MEANS ‘HELP ME’ IN FRENCH
May 1st, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Thousands at May Day rallies in Seattle, Tacoma; seaports, Fred Hutch feel economic crunch; Expedia slashes jobs while paying CEO millions; my new li’l book gets a li’l launch party tonight.

4/25/25: SURREAL CHANGE
Apr 24th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

New play about Black lives, laundromats, and magic; some UW and SU int’l. students get their visas back; Legislative session’s scheduled end draws near with much still to do; it’s been 60 years since a big earthquake.

4/22/25: FAR FROM MONASTIC
Apr 21st, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Remembering Seattle’s most notorious dance club; locals mourn the pope; Boeing gets planes planes China rejected; Legislative Dems drop plans to raise the property-tax lid as session’s scheduled end nears.

4/21/25: NOT GIVING UP, NOT GOING AWAY
Apr 20th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

More protests here, around US; state Sen. Bill Ramos suddenly dies, as state budget moves go on; FBI questions Oak Harbor punk band over ‘anti fascist’ lyrics.

4/17/25: REGRETS, YOU’VE HAD A FEW
Apr 16th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Video reassures those with ‘Tesla Regret Syndrome,’ while stunters put fake Bezos message on crosswalk buttons; FAA scrutinized over 737 MAX incident oversight; who’ll be King Co.’s second temp-exec?

4/7/25: ‘HANDS OFF;’ BATTLE’S ON
Apr 6th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Massive anti-MAGA/DOGE rallies in Seattle, elsewhere; another WA lawsuit to save research funding; melting ice bringing more whales to the Arctic; Storm legend Sue Bird named to Basketball Hall of Fame.

4/3/25: THEN/NOW, THERE/HERE
Apr 2nd, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Chinese-American musician/activist compares anti-authoritarian struggles; new US tariffs could wreck WA’s economy; Amazon wants to buy TikTok; Legislature’s wealth-tax plan draws an unexpected advocate.

4/1/25: TOON, BLASTED
Mar 31st, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Couple’s AI-altered selfie gets lotsa hate; how SPD manipulated local media in 2020; state House, Senate budget plans still far apart in sections; local federal lawyer sues feds over free speech rights.

3/31/25: WINDOWS ON THE PAST
Mar 30th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

50 years of Microsoft; protests against Musk and ICE; state Senate OKs budget plan with business, wealth taxes; 5th Avenue Theatre forms ‘alliance’ with Seattle Theatre Group.

3/28/25: DOME OF DOOM, 25 YEARS LATER
Mar 27th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

The Kingdome: 24 years here, 25 years gone; judge in Tacoma blocks military anti-trans policy; Ark Lodge Cinemas to become ‘world cinema’ nonprofit; targets of Oly tax-hike plans hate the whole idea.

3/227/25: ‘I WAS NOT REAL’
Mar 26th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

New Seattle civic poet recounts decades in immigration-bureaucracy hell; sudden, massive federal health cuts hit home; city payroll-tax collections way down; we got rain and lightning but no tornados.

3/26/25: I’LL SEE YOU IN THE TREES
Mar 25th, 2025 by Clark Humphrey

Woodland Park Zoo to build ‘forest habitat;’ farmworker-rights activist held by ICE; Emerald Downs horse-racing track might close; councilmembers wants to dis ‘defunding the police’ as if it had happened.

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