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• The Love of Hiphop

  04-02-2025 21:50 via thestranger.com
  The list we present here follows love’s movement through nearly four decades of hiphop, from Man Parrish to Missy Elliott.by Charles MudedeIllustrations by Jordan Kay
  The early ’80s were not exactly the best time for love and romance in rap. And with good reason. Most of the rappers, in a genre that was just 10 years old, were male and fresh out of puberty (if not still in it). The surge of women (or mature) rappers had to wait for the second half of the ’80s: MC Lyte, Salt-N-P
  
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• Fucking Political

  04-02-2025 20:00 via thestranger.com
  We should take lessons from the early AIDS activists who took matters into their own hands.by Vivian McCallOn July 3, 1981, the New York Times announced the coming plague with a short news item tucked into Section A, Page 20: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” 
  Nobody knew the purple Kaposi’s Sarcoma lesions the article described were the mark of a virus that eviscerated the immune system and left the body vulnerable to opportunistic infections. A quote from the dermato
  
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• Slog AM: RFK Advances to the Full Senate, UW Gets a New Prez, and Sara Nelson Makes Our New Favorite Mistake

  04-02-2025 18:25 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning Roundupby Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! First, the weather: We keep getting edged by snow. First, we get some big, fluffy, beautiful flakes that refuse to actually accumulate; Then they turn into black ice on the roads; Then we get promises of snow in the future. Well, expect more of that this week. Highs in the 40s, lows in the 20s, and occasional snow frolicking.
  Okay, let’s start with the Trump of it all.RFK Clears the First Hurdle: This morning, the Senate Fi
  
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• Nathan Rouse Is Running for Seattle City Attorney

  04-02-2025 16:30 via thestranger.com
  Rouse seeks an evidence-based approach to the City Attorney's Office.by Nathalie GrahamNathan Rouse, a public defender in Seattle, is throwing his hat into the ring to unseat incumbent City Attorney Ann Davison. 
  As we shift back into defense-against-the-constant-onslaught-of-attacks-on-human-rights mode, otherwise known as a Donald Trump presidency, Rouse believes Seattle needs a city attorney who will not kowtow to President Donald Trump, but will stand up to him one lawsuit at a time. He
  
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• Shaun Scott’s Radical Agenda Arrives in Olympia

  04-02-2025 00:07 via thestranger.com
  In the early days of Trump’s second term in office, he’s made one thing clear: workers are in trouble. He’s already begun dismantling the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency designed to protect workers from employer abuses. Luckily, Shaun Scott has a bold new plan to protect us here in Washington state.by Conor KelleyIn the early days of Trump’s second term in office, he’s made one thing clear: workers are in trouble. He’s already begun dismantl
  
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