Author Profile

Mason BryanAssociate Opinion Editor

Mason Bryan is formerly Crosscut's associate opinion editor. His writing has appeared in The Santiago Times, Huffington Post, and Real Change News. Find him on Twitter @mason__bryan or email at mason.bryan@crosscut.com.

Recent Work

Inside Cascade PBS

How a friendship and a new book transformed my view of Seattle

A UW professor’s difficult book provides an important glimpse at the city, from the perspective of its most marginalized residents.

Mason Bryan

/ October 5, 2021

Opinion

A new book puts homelessness at the center of Seattle history

Local author Josephine Ensign reveals how the city’s long legacy of poverty is crucial to understanding our current crisis.

Mason Bryan

/ September 27, 2021

Inside Cascade PBS

Why Seattle’s renter protection debate is so heated

Crosscut columnist Katie Wilson on her series exploring the arguments surrounding renter laws in Seattle and King County.

/ August 3, 2021

Four illustrations: A woman climbing a ladder onto a graduation cap, three young people by a ballot box, ballots flying into a USPS mailbox, and a person falling into a frayed safety net

Inside Cascade PBS

Why Washingtonians deserve a closer look at their democracy

Ahead of the 2020 election, Crosscut contributors helped us examine the current state of our democracy.

Mason Bryan

/ October 27, 2020

David Nash holding a sign that says "Vote" on the corner of First Hill in Seattle

Inside Cascade PBS

Election 2020: Take our poll on democracy in WA

Democracy is at stake this November. Crosscut Opinion wants you to help shape our election coverage.

Mason Bryan

/ September 8, 2020

militarized police officer with BLM protesters

Opinion

Militarized and afraid at Seattle protests

At demonstrations here and across America, police and protesters face two fundamentally unequal fears.

Mason Bryan

/ July 7, 2020

A black man face to face with a white male police officer

Opinion

It's not so hard to imagine a life without police

Like many white Americans, I grew up unencumbered by the punitive presence of law enforcement. Black Americans deserve this, too.

Mason Bryan

/ June 15, 2020

Opinion

White innocence is a fantasy. Here's how I'm confronting it

The killing of George Floyd presents yet another opportunity for white self-reckoning.

Mason Bryan

/ May 29, 2020

Four archival pictures: People lining up for vaccines, people posing with face masks, police in face masks, and Dr. T.D. Tuttle

Inside Cascade PBS

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.

Mason Bryan

/ May 19, 2020

Four photos of farmworkers in a field, a row of homes, gloved hands working on test tubes and a biker going past a boarded up business

Inside Cascade PBS

Mid-pandemic, we gathered ideas to help save Washington

From helping child care workers to taxing wealth, Crosscut contributors made their case for softening the blow of the pandemic's economic consequences.

Mason Bryan

/ April 28, 2020