politics
Durkan isn’t the first: The history of Seattle mayoral recalls
In the 1970s, popular anger threatened to topple Mayor Wes Uhlman — not once, but three times.
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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John Muir: The godfather of Seattle’s spiritual life — and a racist
The father of national parks profoundly influenced my country, my city, and me.
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Trump, Portland and the republic’s rotten head
America’s problems are not caused by the President alone. But the decay in our culture starts from the top down.
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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.
Opinion
The Confederate legacy in Washington state
Local commemorations disprove the myth that the Pacific Northwest was untouched by the Civil War.