Category: Culture
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My Husband’s Rare Cancer
Dr. Ricki Lewis delves into her own husband’s rare type of cancer and ponders why some medical people are dismissive of science.
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How to Not Love the National Parks to Death
More visitors than ever will head to national parks this summer. Here’s what we can do to keep the wild in wilderness—and set parks on a sustainable path for the next century.
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The View from Nathan’s Bus: Rainier & Henderson, Baby!
Nathan Vass, in relation to a recent bus-driver-related incident, finds that strength of spirit wins the day.
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The Dig: How to Background Your Tinder Dates, Experts Edition
Need to do some research on your potential new date? Here’s how the professionals do it.
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The Cost of Being Poor, as Told by Toilet Paper
The cycle of poverty isn’t just an abstraction. It’s about toilet paper…and boots. Sara Kassabian explains.
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June 1, 1981: Domingo and Viernes
Seattle’s long history of labor strife has occasionally turned tragic. Jeff Stevens tells the story of the 1981 assassination of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes here at the Star.
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As Opioid Epidemic Continues, Steps to Curb It Multiply
The overdose death toll from opioids has almost quadrupled since 1999. Charles Ornstein investigates ways to curb the trend.
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User Content Platforms Take the Heat for Artists’ Struggles at WIPO
Electronic Frontier Foundation goes to Switzerland, where technology once again is being blamed for not keeping alive the industries it was designed to replace. The word from WIPO.
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Namaste Inc.
Namaste for tourism. Ansh Patel explores the marketing of India to the Western bourgeois, who have been sold on the idea that their impressions will be made real by compliant natives.
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Four things we can do now to unlock the cure for cancer
Creative Commons’ CEO Ryan Merkley continues the fight for cancer, with easy steps toward a real solution.
