Opinion Why the Kalama methanol refinery would hurt the Yakama tribe Yakama tribal members exercise treaty rights on the Columbia river. A proposed methanol plant could endanger the ways of life those rights protect. by Emily Washines / December 31, 2020
Opinion The problem with Seattle's progressive chattering class Political advocacy organizations could learn from our city’s long tradition of organizing and occupation. by Dujie Tahat / December 30, 2020
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
