Culture Your Last Meal | Reggie Watts’ family celebrated with snails Plus, meet the country’s only two snail farmers, who share everything from how to use them in tacos to the gastropod’s fascinating mating rituals by Rachel Belle / December 7, 2023
News Crosscut Now: WA eviction filings double after pandemic aid ends Plus, grocery costs spike in the Pacific Northwest and an Indigenous youth arts organization finds a home at King Street Station. by Paris Jackson / December 7, 2023
News How the overturn of ‘Roe’ still impacts Washington abortion care Seventeen months after the Supreme Court decision, clinics and patients continue to face a maze of legal restrictions that differ from state to state. by Megan Burbank / December 6, 2023
News Podcast | The ongoing post-Roe impact on the Pacific Northwest Reporter Megan Burbank discusses new and old complications for reproductive healthcare in WA, from appointment delays to politics. by Sara Bernard / December 6, 2023
News A WA city council might give itself the power to ban library books The Liberty Lake proposal would usurp the library board of trustees’ policy-making control, including decisions about which titles to stock. by Aaron Hedge & Erin Sellers RANGE Media / December 5, 2023
News Tokitae’s death surfaced orcas’ complicated history in the PNW The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans. by Knute Berger / December 4, 2023
Investigations Tumwater mobile home tenants lobby against rent hikes As manufactured home communities in Washington become less affordable, residents have increasingly organized to galvanize support and push policy. by Farah Eltohamy / December 1, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Seattle is brimming with holiday shows See Nutcrackers, Scrooges, hear Charlie Brown’s woes. Here’s a big list of events for the season — laid out in rhyme (for festivity reasons). by Brangien Davis / November 30, 2023
News Culture complaints spark WA Utilities commission investigation Gov. Jay Inslee’s office has commissioned an independent review amid dueling claims by former agency leaders over the workplace climate. by Joseph O’Sullivan / November 30, 2023
News Crosscut Now: WA records highest workplace fatalities since 2010 Reporter Lizz Giordano discusses the legal fallout from a construction death. Plus, a look at state ballot rejections and new art spaces in Seattle. by Paris Jackson / November 30, 2023