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The mask wars of the 1918 flu pandemic
Face coverings helped flatten the curve during the Spanish flu. But as with coronavirus today, they couldn't muzzle dissent.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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The Confederate legacy in Washington state
Local commemorations disprove the myth that the Pacific Northwest was untouched by the Civil War.
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The Seattle we knew is gone. What comes next?
The pandemic wrecked the economy. The protests shook the city's soul. Now Mayor Durkan is staring down a dire future.
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8 Washington counties carry a racist legacy in their names
It’s not just statues. Slaveholders and Southern sympathizers can be found all over our state map.
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Being Seattle’s mayor has never been easy
Amid calls for her resignation, Jenny Durkan can take cold comfort in the fact that she’s not the first to struggle in the job.