For older renters, Western WA’s housing boom can sow insecurity After three forced moves, with a fourth on the horizon, the threat of homelessness looms for one couple amid a daunting housing market. by Josh Cohen / June 13, 2024
Culture Art Pulse: A Northwest ‘Nutcracker’ with Filipino flair Evergreen City Ballet director Bennyroyce Royon says the snow must go on. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / December 18, 2020 / Updated 10:55 a.m. Dec. 18
Politics Podcast | From Big Oil to Big Tech: A brief history of antitrust Columnist Katie Wilson tells us how the law created in the Gilded Age will help shape the next chapter of the Digital Age. by Mark Baumgarten / December 18, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: The sounds of solstice in Seattle Plus, a tattooed Ghost of Christmas Present. by Brangien Davis / December 17, 2020
Inside Cascade PBS Dr. Vin Gupta on coronavirus, the vaccine and our path forward One of the first people to be vaccinated in Washington, the UW doctor gets frank about what we do and don’t know in a Crosscut interview. by Hannah Weinberger / December 17, 2020
News WA unemployment problems persist, with some going unpaid for months Nine months into the pandemic, the state’s unemployment system is still rife with issues, and thousands are stuck in limbo. by Melissa Santos / December 17, 2020
Opinion 2021 will be a year of sloppy economic thinking in Seattle A recent Seattle Times column and KOMO TV program offer a bitter taste of the misguided and ugly narratives to come in the new year. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2020
Culture The Seattle roots of Chadwick Boseman’s final movie With ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ the ‘Black Panther’ star achieved his long-standing dream to appear in a drama by local theater legend August Wilson. by Misha Berson / December 17, 2020
News Gov. Inslee gives WA schools clearer path to reopening The governor clarified the rules for in-person learning, encouraging districts where new COVID-19 cases average less than 350 per 100,000 people to start reopening elementary schools. by Donna Gordon Blankinship / December 16, 2020
News Nearly half of Seattle’s helmet citations go to homeless people Seattle police rarely enforce the law that bikers must wear a helmet. When they do, it’s often against people struggling with homelessness. by David Kroman / December 16, 2020
Opinion Juneau, Best, Durkan and the limits of representation Three powerful women — a mayor, police chief, and public school superintendent — exit the Seattle leadership scene. Here's what that means. by Sonora Jha / December 16, 2020
Politics Shining a light on the Native vote with data Native communities are not a monolith — and a new survey shows the range of their political priorities and attitudes. by Manola Secaira / December 16, 2020
Equity How WA youth shelters are handling online learning Shelters in the Puget Sound area work to find answers to help homeless kids keep up in a time of remote learning. by Allegra Abramo Youth Today / December 15, 2020
Culture Art Pulse: A Seattle artist builds glass houses to reflect on connection Fumi Amano shares how the pandemic has shifted her art from homesickness to hope. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / December 15, 2020
Inside Cascade PBS Amazon, antitrust and a series about the future of capitalism Join columnist Katie Wilson on a journey through the past, present and possible future of the fight to break up America's monopolies. by Katie Wilson / December 15, 2020
Politics The Washingtonians still fighting 2020 election results A month after the election, some continue to float false theories about dead people’s votes, hacked computer systems and fraud. by Emily McCarty / December 14, 2020
Environment Apocalypse: Now What? Holiday shaming in a pandemic A reader asks: How do I nicely tell friends to stay home for the holidays? by Ted Alvarez / December 14, 2020
Opinion Extend WA’s eviction moratorium or face a bigger health crisis We can’t ask our community members to stay home when the very privilege of having a home is being threatened. by Rachael Myers & Lara Wilson & Maeve O’Leary Sloan / December 11, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: When Japanese castaways wash up on local shores Flotsam from Asia reaches Washington's beaches all the time. But sometimes other stuff comes ashore, like people. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / December 11, 2020
Culture Podcast | How Seattle made hip-hop its own Daudi Abe talks about four decades of hip-hop in the isolated, disrespected, idiosyncratic Northwest. by Mark Baumgarten / December 11, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: COVID sends Seattle's holiday shows a-streaming Plus, Dina Martina, Taylor Mac, Duke Ellington, Charlie Brown and a bowl full of Nutcrackers. by Brangien Davis / December 10, 2020