Opinion 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. by Knute Berger / June 25, 2020
Opinion Saving Pike Place Market from the pandemic With tourism down, a new campaign seeks to help the iconic public space recover from the impacts of the coronavirus lockdown. by Knute Berger / June 17, 2020
Opinion From the Northwest to the White House: The fascists are here We've failed to warn against fascism in the past. Let's not make that mistake again. by Knute Berger / June 9, 2020
Culture A short, violent history of Puget Sound uprisings, protests and riots Social unrest, shattered glass and spilled blood have always been a part of the Seattle region's history by Knute Berger / June 5, 2020
Opinion Public health cynics hated pandemic interventions in 1918, too Washington’s top doctors tried to combat opponents of government regulation with arguments that resonate 100 years later. by Knute Berger / May 28, 2020
Opinion From Civil Rights to COVID-19: ‘Without truth, you don’t have justice’ Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell has deepened the public memory of the Civil Rights Era. His reporting offers important lessons for today. by Knute Berger / May 25, 2020
Culture Seattle always had anti-vaxxers — even during smallpox In 1920, the city’s commissioner of public health called Seattle “a hot bed for anti-vaccination, Christian Science, and various anti-medical cults.” by Knute Berger / May 21, 2020
News Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere Seattle's 'Ramps to Nowhere,' built 50 years ago to feed an imagined expressway, are finally coming down. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 15, 2020
Opinion Two explosions that changed Washington — and the world Lessons on catastrophe from new books about the atomic bomb and the eruption of Mount St. Helens. by Knute Berger / May 14, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The Black pioneer who launched the Puget Sound settlement Escaping a racist Oregon law, a man named George Bush became one of Washington’s most important homesteaders. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 8, 2020