Equity
What Jenny Durkan and Bertha Knight Landes have in common
Seattle has now elected two women mayors — with a gap of nearly a century between their elections. It’s an
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
The debut of ‘Mossback’s Northwest’
Introducing “Mossback’s Northwest,” a collaboration between Crosscut and our sister organization, KCTS 9 public television. In each episode, Crosscut&
Opinion
Chief Seattle built this city on diversity
One evening in 2016, I was at a Ghosts of Seattle Past event near Pioneer Square, where people talked about
Opinion
The man who put Seattle on the world’s map
Jay Rockey was very responsible for the success of the World's Fair and the shape of Seattle today.
Opinion
Get ready for Cascadiatopolis
How rural Vashon Island is being impacted by the tectonic forces of regional growth.