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The longtime Secretary of State helped resettle refugees, supported environmental legislation and was a founding member of the state’s Heritage Caucus.

Current debates over Trump’s controversial DHHS nominee echo the Pacific Northwest’s reputation a century ago as a bastion of “alternative medicine.” 

Serving three terms from 1965 to 1977 and one as U.S. Senator, Evans personified the “just right” middle. The politician died at 98.

Richard Nixon’s resignation and Ted Bundy’s murders shocked Seattle and the nation. Editor-at-large Knute Berger draws parallels to current events.

Helping the city reinvent itself after the Boeing bust, Royer pushed for a Westlake Park makeover, the Convention Center and low-income housing.

The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans.

Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to create the World Trade Center after gaining notoriety for his design of the 1962 World's Fair pavilion.

The WWI-era law former President Trump is accused of breaking has a controversial past, with a first few prosecutions tracing back to Seattle.

Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership.

A look back at the city's history shows this form of citizen impeachment rarely settles anything.