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Mossback recaps Crosscut's history and puts an eye toward where stories of the Great Nearby will take us next.

The Pacific Coast’s only indigenous oyster, the Olympia, was eaten into near-extinction. It could be making a comeback.

Seattle leaders relaxed containment rules during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918, fueling a second wave of infections.

A founder and longtime editor pay respects to the lifelong Seattleite — a good friend and great writer.

Why we should keep our heads and live 'beyond fear' in the face of existential scares.

The Emerald City will be Atlantis 2.0, brought down by climate change and a plague of disasters.

Over a century ago, my grandmother nearly died from the pandemic. Her doctor wasn't so lucky.

Wyam tribal member Lana Jack argues the archives contain documents legally affirming her right to exist.

The recent tragedy is but one act in a centuries-old drama.

The vast collection, along with our larger ecosystem of historical scholarship, helps make Seattle great.