Culture
Seattle always had anti-vaxxers — even during smallpox
In 1920, the city’s commissioner of public health called Seattle “a hot bed for anti-vaccination, Christian Science, and various anti-medical cults.”
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Why Crosscut is reminding readers about the 1918 flu
The last great pandemic hit the Pacific Northwest a century ago. It should inform how we think about the coronavirus.
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Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere
The ramps to an imagined expressway were built during freeway frenzy in the 1960s. Now, all but one are coming down.
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Seattle World’s Fair meets ‘Salish geek’ in new (virtual) art show
S’Klallam artist Jeffrey Veregge imagines ‘A Better Tomorrow’ for us all.
Opinion
How one-party rule came to Washington state
King County Republicans used to dominate the suburbs. That era is over.