Opinion 2020 was the year of empathy fatigue We were too ready to abandon our older selves. by Katie Wilson / December 22, 2020
Opinion 2020 was the year (almost) none of us were OK The pandemic made plain an intolerable crisis of economic inequality. by Samantha Allen / December 22, 2020
Culture Three writers on the hard lessons of 2020 The pandemic revealed difficult truths about ourselves and our society. Let’s make 2021 better. by Crosscut contributors / December 22, 2020
Opinion 2020 was the year we all needed health insurance Let's make 2021 the year it's not tied to having a job. by Lola E. Peters / December 22, 2020
Opinion 2021 will be a year of sloppy economic thinking in Seattle A recent Seattle Times column and KOMO TV program offer a bitter taste of the misguided and ugly narratives to come in the new year. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2020
Opinion Juneau, Best, Durkan and the limits of representation Three powerful women — a mayor, police chief, and public school superintendent — exit the Seattle leadership scene. Here's what that means. by Sonora Jha / December 16, 2020
Opinion Extend WA’s eviction moratorium or face a bigger health crisis We can’t ask our community members to stay home when the very privilege of having a home is being threatened. by Rachael Myers & Lara Wilson & Maeve O’Leary Sloan / December 11, 2020
Opinion Imagining a future where Amazon runs the world Pondering the Seattle-based leviathan’s endgame invites big questions about the future of capitalism. by Katie Wilson / December 9, 2020
Opinion I live in Renton's Red Lion homeless shelter. It must stay open The Renton City Council is voting Monday on the shelter's future. I don't know what I'll do if it closes. by Mark Royal / December 7, 2020
Opinion Vaccinate the world against COVID-19 like we did with polio An ‘open source’ vaccine helped us eradicate polio. It's our moral duty to offer the same now, and to reject vaccine nationalism. by Lola E. Peters / December 4, 2020
