Sydney Brownstone
Reporter, Lost Patients
About
Sydney Brownstone is an investigative reporter at The Seattle Times. She previously covered homelessness in Seattle and was a Livingston Award finalist for her work on the podcast Outsiders. Brownstone hails from the world of alt-weeklies, where her reporting on sexual assault and sex work prompted the Washington Attorney General’s first-ever consumer protection lawsuit on behalf of sex workers.
Podcasts
Stories
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Government
Russian asylum seeker dies after suicide attempt. He was to be expelled this month
A Russian asylum seeker died after a suicide attempt at the detention center in Tacoma, according to federal officials.
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Government
City Light report rebuts 'blatant sexism,' though some disagree
A new report has found insufficient evidence for "blatant sexism" at a City Light division, despite a petition signed by employees last year that alleged a hostile work environment and demanded increased training.
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Government
Lawmaker's rape inquiry will continue despite election outcome, Dems say
The investigation into a rape allegation against Sen. Joe Fain will continue, Senate Democrats say, even though Fain will no longer be in office come early January.
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Business
Queens lawmakers are getting ready to rumble with Amazon
Queens politicians have vowed to do something often considered impolite by Seattle standards: fight.
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Government
Senators approve hiring investigator to look into rape allegation against Auburn lawmaker
More than a month after a Seattle woman accused a state senator of raping her in 2007, a state Senate committee voted this morning to hire an outside investigator to look into the allegation.
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Government
Two lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct in WA. One won; the other is barely hanging on
The Washington state Senate is holding a meeting this morning to look into hiring an investigator for the rape allegation against Sen. Joe Fain. He’s leading his Democrat challenger by just 90 votes.
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Technology
Gab, online haven for Pittsburgh shooting suspect, finds new home with Seattle-area company
Now, it looks like Gab has found a new online home: Epik Inc., a domain name registrar company based in Sammamish, according to the Washington Secretary of State's website.
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Government
Woman calls on Gov. Inslee, lawmakers to investigate rape allegation against state senator
Candace Faber, the Seattle woman who said last month that state Sen. Joe Fain had raped her in 2007, is calling on Gov. Jay Inslee and other lawmakers to launch an investigation.
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Government
The city's proposed police contract: Here are six reasons why critics want to reject it
After six years of moving through a court-ordered police reform process, last year Seattle passed police accountability legislation that was described as "historic" and "groundbreaking." Now critics say the proposed police contract undermines that law. Union officials say they made tough concessions, and the city got the process backwards.
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Government
Progressive groups, Democrats call for Sen. Joe Fain's resignation
Representatives from women's organizations in Washington State, the Washington State Democrats, the King County Labor Council, and a Seattle port commissioner on Tuesday called for state Sen. Joe Fain's resignation following a rape allegation made against the legislator last month.