Vivian McCall is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and a writer for The Stranger, a local publication in Seattle. With a focus on local news and politics, Vivian covers a wide range of topics including social issues, crime, and cultural events. Her work has also been featured in Business Insider, Portland Mercury, and KNKX Public Radio.
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An Online Bullying Campaign and Brandi Kruse Segments Made Teaching Impossible
By: Vivian Mccall
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
Why the Treatment First Approach, Beloved by Republicans, Is Dead Wrong
By: Vivian McCall
The Seattle City Council voted 6-1 to make the Seattle Police Department’s hiring bonus program permanent and to raise one-time incentives for experienced officers up from $30,000 to $50,000. Council Member Tammy Morales, the sole no vote, questioned why we’re doing this when the mayor’s budget cuts $400,000 for police accountability and we’ve got a $250 million deficit. Council President Sara Nelson said we need the hiring bonuses to stay competitive and hire “the best of the best.” We started offering bonuses in 2019, and in her most recent Bad Apples column, Ashley wrote about the “best of the best” we’ve attracted so far.
As more than a few people have pointed out on X this week, three attack ads from 43rd Legislative District candidate and We Heart Seattle Executive Director Andrea Suarez appear to have darkened the skin tone of her opponent, Shaun Scott. In the ads, several clips of Scott speaking at events, as well as a copy of his author photo on Amazon, appear darker than the source material. In one of the ads, the skin tone of a white woman setting a car on fire during protests in 2020 appears unaltered from the source video.
By: Vivian McCall
Boeing Machinists to vote on contract: Voting began at 8 am and closes at 5 pm. The Machinists union will announce the results at the company’s South Park headquarters after 9 pm. If they accept, the company would bump base pay for the 33,000 Machinists just shy of 40 percent over the next four years. In the last 10 years, union members only received an 8 percent wage increase.
By: Vivian McCall
Harris at Washington's Ellipse, the same place Trump spoke before the insurrection. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Lately, Donald Trump has been spreading a ridiculous lie that kids are going to school one gender and arriving home another.
National Election Dashes All Hope, But Here Are Six Local Wins to Pair with Your Breakfast Whiskey
By: Megan Seling, Shannon Lubetich, Lindsay Costello, Audrey Vann, Julianne Bell, Vivian Mccall
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