How Bremerton coach's case reshaped church-state separation decisions | Alex Fryer
The bright line between the public sphere and religious life is changing. Ongoing fallout from a forrmer Bremerton coach's Supreme Court case shows us how.
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Generation X reconsidered: It was a rad time after all | Alex Fryer
Generation X was built on grievance about jobs, housing and the state of the world. But a dose of perspective highlights how things turned out...
How the First Amendment protects our 5 freedoms and why it's in danger | Kate Riley
Seattle Times Opinion writers and guest essayists will publish a series of articles about the importance of the First Amendment and the 5 freedoms it...
We asked about new Seafair traditions. You answered | Melissa Davis
At the end of July, the edit board took the temperature of readers around the hydros and Blue Angels at Seafair. Here are some of...
I will not roll over for AI. Neither should you | Josh Farley
Some political and industry leaders expect Americans to bend the knee to an existential tech transformation. It’s time for a tenacious regulatory pushback.
See documents that built a nation at this limited-time Seattle museum exhibit | Melissa Davis
The priceless documents from The National Archives now at MOHAI through Aug. 16 illustrate the foundations of the U.S. and the freedoms we enjoy.
WA’s clean energy transition will fail without giant batteries | Josh Farley
Local leaders must rebut community resistance to battery storage projects, or the state will fail to meet its response to climate change.
This opinion was written by a human. Yours should be, too | Melissa Davis
Don't join the AI bandwagon and submit opinions written by chatbots, deputy opinion editor Melissa Davis asks.
In WA and globally, reparations movement grows | Carlton Winfrey
A study underway in Washington is looking at how descendants of enslaved people were affected here, just as momentum for reparations is gaining steam.
Supreme interest in WA high court candidates in 2026 election | Kate Riley
The usually sleepy races for the Washington Supreme Court have attracted 16 candidates. Here's why that matters.