How Joni Earl saved light rail
Joni Earl may have been looking for a challenge when she left a big job in Snohomish County government to
Joe Copeland
Joe Copeland is the former senior editor for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi
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Strike tests superintendent's reputation as a peacemaker
The Seattle schools strike, the first the city has seen over a teachers' contract in 30 years, is the
Atomic bomb survivors: A quest for peace
Today marks 70 years since the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today people around the globe will memorialize the
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Waco: rivalries without limits
Authorities tell the Los Angeles Times that criminal biker gangs are becoming more brazen in playing out their turf wars.
Transportation
Amtrak train traveling at 100 mph or higher
Sources are telling the New York Times that a black box recorder shows that Amtrak train in Tuesday night'