Environment Seattle’s vanishing piers leave a vibrant fishing community reeling The Elliott Bay Fishing Pier was a diverse hub where locals connected with surrounding nature. Will it ever come back? by Maria Dolan / May 11, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Preserving 600-year-old giants Ken Wu catalogs and measures British Columbia’s biggest trees in order to protect them. by Sarah Hoffman / April 27, 2020
Opinion If we can mobilize against COVID-19, we can for climate change too Armed with lessons from the pandemic, and with Indigenous knowledge, we can honor Earth Day in lasting ways. by Tracy Rector / April 22, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Healing forests with fire By studying how Indigenous societies use fire, ecologist Ernesto Alvarado is learning how we can fight wildfires. by Sarah Hoffman / April 6, 2020
Environment WWII-era 'victory gardens' make a comeback amid coronavirus Washington gardeners are growing food in P-Patches and backyards to boost morale and community food supplies. by Hannah Weinberger / March 27, 2020 / Updated at 1:12 pm on March 30, 2020
Opinion King County's COVID-19 quarantine plan disrespects communities of color The county's plan to open quarantine sites in Kent and White Center exposes the fissures already present in our society. by Glenn Nelson / March 11, 2020
Environment The kids who sued the U.S. over climate change and lost aren't giving up Despite setbacks, the young activists behind the landmark suit say they'll continue their court battle to enforce climate mitigation. by Hannah Weinberger / January 29, 2020
Environment Recreation over preservation? Residents and Natives worry the San Juan Islands could be ‘loved to death’ The federal government helped make the islands a national monument. But locals worry a Trump-era focus on making public lands productive could be their undoing. by Levi Pulkkinen / January 24, 2020
Culture ‘No one can take your soul or ideas’: Seattle concert honors musicians killed in the Holocaust 'Art from Ashes' commemorates 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. by Tom Keogh / January 23, 2020
Culture ‘A bunch of badasses’: Northwest artists win prestigious art grants worth $100K This year's Creative Capital awards reveal a recent uptick in local winners. by Margo Vansynghel / January 15, 2020
Environment Four Washington teen activists explain how 2019 became the year of youth climate action In the Northwest and beyond, young people helped the climate movement go mainstream this year. Where should it go from here? by Manola Secaira / December 27, 2019
Culture This 'wardrobe therapist' unpacks your clothing hangups Refuting fast fashion, a Seattle artist stitches new looks from old clothes. by Margo Vansynghel / December 17, 2019
Environment The world's first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW The region is poised to lead the way in electric flight thanks to an ambitious partnership between MagniX and Harbour Air. by Beatriz Costa Lima / December 5, 2019 / Updated at 3:06 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2019.
Crosscut Documentaries: The Rising Crosscut Documentaries: The Rising Climate change threatens the future of several tribes on the Pacific Coast. December 2, 2019
Environment Crosscut Documentaries presents: The Rising Facing climate upheaval on Washington's coast, members of the Quinault tribe take to the sea in the canoes of their ancestors. by Sarah Hoffman & Ted Alvarez / December 2, 2019