Culture
How tech helped in the fight against the 1918 flu
Radios, telephones and dishwashers influenced our response to the nation's last great epidemic.
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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Opinion
Seattle in turmoil as 2020 elections loom
We’re a boomtown beset with idealism, but we’ll still need federal help to realize our dreams.
Inside Cascade PBS
Being a mossback means knowing your Pacific Northwest history
Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger connects our region's past to its present in his column, TV show and now a weekly Mossback's Den newsletter.
Opinion
Grieving wildfires past and present in the Pacific Northwest
We have faced massive fires — and massive human folly — before. President Trump's denial only worsens the crisis.
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.