Hannah Murphy Winter

Since June, I’ve been talking to 5 families in the South with trans kids who are navigating health care bans in their states. These families are faced with impossible decisions between their children’s home and their safety. Read about it on RS:

Pay close attention to @wilsonformayor. The Zohran moment extends beyond NYC. This profile by @Hannah_Crinan is excellent, telling the story of a profoundly committed left activist over the long haul from the 90s to precipice of mayoral victory in Seattle. thestranger.com/news/2025/10/0…

ICYMI: We're tired of putting up with Elon's bullshit and refuse to feed into the legitimacy of his platform. From now on, you can catch all of our updates on Musk-free Bluesky instead of X. Follow us on Bluesky @thestranger.com bsky.app/profile/thestr…

Seattle landlords want to profit from evictions & rising rents, and nonprofit developers are helping: 📉 Rollback on eviction moratoriums. 📈 Higher late fees. ⏱️ Less notice for rent increases. thestranger.com/news/2024/12/1…

As an early Christmas present, Rep. Jacobsen prefiled two anti-trans bills in the WA state leg: one to ban gender-affirming care for kids and another to keep trans inmates convicted of a sex offenses out of gender-affirming housing. thestranger.com/news/2024/12/1…

New from columnist Kathleen McLaughlin: How a State Constitution written in 1972 is Protecting Montanans Today—and what we can learn from it. thestranger.com/mountain-dispa…

SCOOP: Public records show CP Nelson disagrees with the Ethics Czars decision to advise CM Woo to recuse herself from a vote on gig worker wages. Now, a council lawyer is asking him how to change the rule to allow them to vote in their financial interest thestranger.com/news/2024/11/2…

INBOX: Office of Police Accountability Director Gino Betts resigns from his job as head of the OPA. This follows SPD Chief Sue Rahr's letters rejecting Betts' decision to discipline her officers. harrell.seattle.gov/2024/11/22/may…

Wrote about Seattle's Hex Enduction Records & Books, which has become a cultural empire in its 5-year existence, for @TheStranger . @pagefort @dirty_knobby thestranger.com/music/2024/11/…

In the early morning after the election, two men in a Porsche flying a Trump/Vance flag yelled a slur at gay some men on the sidewalk in Capitol Hill in Seattle. After a thrown drink, and some swearing, the driver hit one of the men with a metal bat. thestranger.com/news/2024/11/2…

NEW: The City Council may consider changes to Ethics Code so they can vote in their financial interest after the reccusal standard stymied CP Nelson's agenda thestranger.com/news/2024/11/2…

You don't have to stretch the definition of "progressive" or make up reductive, unsubstantiated narratives about AMR's win, you can just say you like when candidates lick boots! Most already do, win or lose. But that doesn't peddle your ideology as well. thestranger.com/news/2024/11/2…

We can’t have a president who’s not a racist, misogynistic, Christian Nationalist, but we can have other nice things. So consider this your guide to the end of 2024. thestranger.com/winter-2024/20…

It should disturb anyone who cares for the basic dignity of other people that our politics allow for this, and is a genuine warning sign of what's to come. What is the moral and social value of humiliating another human being? What civic purpose does this serve?

The City Council may have protected their wealthy donors this time, but soon the body will have a pro-tax majority to pass the capital gains tax and maybe be more thoughtful about JumpStart. Maybe the Chamber of Commerce deserves a propeller hat. thestranger.com/news/2024/11/2…

Council President Sara Nelson's "rise might be shorter than a Seattle summer."

Election day is TOMORROW! 🗳️ King County voters, turn in your ballot by 8pm. Big choices on the table — Governor, local reps, and funding that impacts us all. Young voters, let's show up strong and make our voices count! thestranger.com/elections-2024…

I'm excited to share the first installment of my new column for @TheStranger: What’s the Way Forward for Seattle’s Left? Oh and if you want to get an email when I write something you can sign up for my newsletter: bit.ly/wilsonkatieb thestranger.com/katie-wilson/2…

BAD APPLES: A column about the misdeeds of the Seattle Police Department. It's budget season, let's look at what these six figure salaries pay for: 🍎 Don't bring a bike to a car fight 🍎 Cop laughs at person in crisis 🍎 More cops drive dangerously thestranger.com/bad-apples/202…

New Play Date! This time, with @LiminalEarth, I went deep into Renton to find a mysterious well where you can hear the screams of all the people who died there still screaming. High-strangeness is thriving around these parts: thestranger.com/play-date/2024…