Culture
Seattle’s park system is a green jewel by design
Two new books chronicle the history of local parks, the ‘breathing lungs and beating hearts’ of our city.
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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Culture
How the Gold Rush inspired Seattle's early aerospace innovation
Locals looked to dirigibles, blimps and airships long before Boeing landed.
Opinion
In Seattle's WTO protests, the seeds of today's anti-globalist nationalism
The massive global action against the World Trade Organization was framed as a protest from the left. But the far right has gone out ahead.
Culture
Hold the turkey: early Puget Sound settlers ate oysters, ducks and geese
Awkward political conversation was also on the menu.
Opinion
Can Amazon become a responsible urban citizen?
Historian Margaret O'Mara argues the company needs to shake its suburban mindset and become much more broadly civically engaged.