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A law Lorena González devised now benefits her Seattle mayoral campaign

Something’s not right about a situation where out-of-state unions can influence local elections, but Seattle-based Amazon can't.

Joni Balter

/ September 22, 2021

Opinion

In Seattle mayoral race, top contenders must make a case for change

Both Lorena González and Bruce Harrell come with City Hall baggage.

Joni Balter

/ July 27, 2021

Opinion

How Compassion Seattle could shape the mayoral race

The authors of the homelessness initiative have pulled a page from the Tim Eyman playbook, using a hot-button issue that could drive turnout and force candidates to take a stand.

Joni Balter

/ May 24, 2021

Opinion

What Howard Schultz's coffee order says about his presidential bid

An ex-barista questions the former Starbucks CEO's qualifications to run the free world.

Mason Bryan

/ January 31, 2019

UW College Republican president and TV newscaster

Politics

Undergrads for Kavanaugh raise a pint in Seattle

Claiming the confirmation fight has emboldened the right, the UW students believe the whole affair will be forgotten “real fast.”

Mason Bryan

/ October 7, 2018

Students march across the intersection of Pend Oreille Street and Montlake Boulevard NE during one-day strike with graduate students who are represented by UAW Local 421 at the University of Washington in Seattle, May 14, 2018

Politics

Sick of living in poverty, UW student employees walk out

Some 4,500 student employees at the University of Washington stage a one-day strike.

Mason Bryan

/ May 16, 2018

The University of Washington's Gerberding Hall, where many administrative offices are (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)

Politics

Is a strike looming at the University of Washington?

As the April 30 contract negotiation deadline approaches, academic student employees are weighing the possibility of a strike.

Mason Bryan

/ April 18, 2018

Politics

UW could become 6th campus nationwide with a postdoc union

Some university researchers have passed a major hurdle in their quest to unionize

Mason Bryan

/ March 16, 2018

Politics

Washington's Trump fighter — at Crosscut Fest

When President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to prevent travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim nations, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued...

Mason Bryan

/ January 17, 2018

Politics

Moon concedes and there may be a new sheriff in town

Mitzi Johanknecht speaks with supporters at her election night party in West Seattle. Nov. 7, 2017

Mason Bryan

/ November 8, 2017