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Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger connects our region's past to its present in his column, TV show and now a weekly Mossback's Den newsletter.

We have faced massive fires — and massive human folly — before. President Trump's denial only worsens the crisis.

In the 1970s, popular anger threatened to topple Mayor Wes Uhlman — not once, but three times.

The father of national parks profoundly influenced my country, my city, and me.

America’s problems are not caused by the President alone. But the decay in our culture starts from the top down.

Face coverings helped flatten the curve during the Spanish flu. But as with coronavirus today, they couldn't muzzle dissent.

Local commemorations disprove the myth that the Pacific Northwest was untouched by the Civil War.

The pandemic wrecked the economy. The protests shook the city's soul. Now Mayor Durkan is staring down a dire future.

It’s not just statues. Slaveholders and Southern sympathizers can be found all over our state map.