Equity Out & Back: Walking through time in Seattle's Central District A Juneteenth outing with Club Seattle Runners Division and Wa Na Wari art center sheds light on the neighborhood's history and future. by Alison Mariella Désir / December 9, 2022
Inside Cascade PBS Why access to the outdoors has never been equitable Our new video and podcast series 'Out & Back' focuses on people of color who are challenging the exclusionary and violent history of outdoor spaces. by Alison Mariella Désir / December 8, 2022
Equity Podcast | How getting outside changed Alison Mariella Désir’s life The Out & Back host tells the story of how she rediscovered running in Harlem before she and her family moved to the PNW. by Alison Mariella Désir & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / December 6, 2022
Equity Out & Back: Activist Alison Mariella Désir finds her PNW community The runner and former Bronxite journeys west and connects with BIPOC who are reclaiming outdoor spaces. by Alison Mariella Désir / December 2, 2022
Spring member drive: 'A safety net for my mind' Joann Byrd, a Crosscutter by Joann Byrd / April 4, 2013
Crosscut's online journalism has print's caliber Why a newspaper person is now a Crosscut reader, supporter, and occasional writer. by Joann Byrd / September 26, 2010
Politics UW's freshmen all must read (gasp!) poetry The University of Washington by Joann Byrd / September 21, 2010
Politics When the debris crashed into her car, the world changed. And the law. In a new book, Maria Federici's story is told by her mother, Robin Abel, and writer Peggy Sturdivant. by Joann Byrd / June 17, 2010
Equity Calamity: Timeless lessons from the 1903 Heppner Flood The first floor of the Ayers house was torn away as floodwaters carried the house more than a block and dumped the second story against a pile of debris. Tom Ayers had the top story and its cupola... by Joann Byrd / October 15, 2009