Best of 2015: How much of Seattle’s housing is affordable? No one knows for sure
This week Crosscut is running some of our best stories of the year, as selected both by our writers and
David Kroman
David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e
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New hope for saving KPLU
After KPLU was sold last month to competitor KUOW — with no guarantees of employment for KPLU’s staff — the station’
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Seattle City Council: Let Uber and Lyft drivers unionize
The Seattle City Council stuck its neck out into new territory Monday as it unanimously approved legislation to allow drivers
Policing as a force for human rights: A talk with India's first female police officer
Dr. Kiran Bedi was the first woman to join the officer ranks of the India's Police Services. Thirty-five
The return of the backyard cottage idea
Councilmember Mike O’Brien wants to pick up the pieces of a bygone housing recommendation from last summer. The proposal, once a piece of Mayor Ed Murray’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, would loosen the rules around building backyard cottages, theoretically adding density and housing