Culture Mossback's Northwest: The true history of the 'Seattle Freeze' Locals have been infamous for icing out newcomers since World War I. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / December 4, 2020
Opinion Being Seattle’s mayor has never been easy Amid calls for her resignation, Jenny Durkan can take cold comfort in the fact that she’s not the first to struggle in the job. by Knute Berger / June 25, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: Gold fever launched Seattle’s aerospace obsession The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines. by / May 22, 2020
News Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere Seattle's 'Ramps to Nowhere,' built 50 years ago to feed an imagined expressway, are finally coming down. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 15, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The Black pioneer who launched the Puget Sound settlement Escaping a racist Oregon law, a man named George Bush became one of Washington’s most important homesteaders. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 8, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: When the 'boys in the boat' raced Swinomish paddlers How a race between rival crews brought Native and UW paddlers closer to the sport — and each other. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 1, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The 1941 Seattle 'insult' that still stings Sir Thomas Beecham came to conduct the Seattle Symphony and uttered a sentence that has never been forgotten. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 23, 2020
This Changes Everything Podcast | What the 1918 flu can tell us about life after COVID-19 Season 1 , Episode 3 / April 22, 2020 After another pandemic swept through the United States 100 years ago, attempts were made to return to normal. It was a hard sell.
Culture Mossback's Northwest: JFK's secret visit to the Seattle World's Fair A rare photograph shows President Kennedy's 1961 detour under an unfinished Space Needle. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 17, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: Tragedy and terror in 1919 Centralia The deadly Centralia Tragedy saw conflict between the Wobblies and the American Legion — and left behind a debated legacy. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 10, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The tiny oyster that made Washington The Pacific Coast’s only indigenous oyster, the Olympia, was eaten into near-extinction. It could be making a comeback. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 3, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: True tales from the most interesting place on earth Here's what we learned about Pacific Northwest history from Crosscut's Knute Berger — and our readers — in 2019. by Knute Berger / December 30, 2019
Culture Built to last, not to please: Why you can’t ignore the Cosmic Crisp 30 years in the making, plus $10.4M in marketing, the apple still isn’t for everyone — and that’s okay. by Knute Berger / December 24, 2019
Culture How the Gold Rush inspired Seattle's early aerospace innovation Locals looked to dirigibles, blimps and airships long before Boeing landed. by Knute Berger / December 3, 2019
Culture Hold the turkey: early Puget Sound settlers ate oysters, ducks and geese Awkward political conversation was also on the menu. by Knute Berger / November 28, 2019
