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'Who run the world?' At night, Seattle's immigrant women

Fatima had sewn up her dress one inch so that she could vacuum on the floors of a downtown Seattle high rise.

Bearing pain - and new life - 'Like a Mother'

When Seattle writer Angela Garbes first became a mom, she wrote a piece on breastfeeding that went viral. It remains the most-read article The Stranger...

Speakers Forum

ICYMI: Listen in on this panel from Women’s March Seattle

The second annual Women’s March was celebrated in Seattle on January 20. Organizers say as many as 100,000 people attended. But those organizers had...

Speakers Forum

‘We will be heard!’ Voices from Seattle Women’s March 2.0

Tens of thousands of people participated in the second annual Seattle Women’s March. The day started with a rally of fiery speeches to warm up...

What’s new this year at the Seattle Women’s March

Thousands of people – maybe tens of thousands, according to the city of Seattle — are expected at the second Women’s March in Seattle this Saturday.

Both candidates for Seattle mayor are women, and both are facing sexism

The next mayor of Seattle will be a woman, the first in nearly a hundred years. But Maggie Humphreys says sexism is still a big factor in the race....

Her miscarriage in ICE detention raises questions about care

She wears a yellow uniform, loose, with a sweatshirt underneath. Her long hair, braided in tight cornrows near her temples. Her handshake, timid. We...