Michael Medved sticks up for his column on slavery in America

The Seattle-based national radio host has been the talk of the blogosphere this week. And he was flamed as the "Worst Person in the World" by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann for an article about America's culpability in the institution of slavery. He spoke with Crosscut's David Neiwert about why he believes he was right.

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Crimes of hate: Sometimes justice is blind to the obvious

It often takes public outcry to prompt prosecution of assaults or harassment that are motivated by bias. So what explains the frequent failure of police in Seattle and elsewhere to identify and investigate hate crimes? Lack of training and misconceptions about the law, for starters.

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A chat with 'mcjoan' of Daily Kos

One of the moderators of Saturday's presidential forum at the Yearly Kos 'netroots' convention in Chicago was a Seattle-based blogger who grew up in Idaho. She sat down with Crosscut for an interview shortly after being up onstage with seven Democratic presidential aspirants.

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Dispatch from Yearly Kos: Running for president with the netroots

The debate among the seven Democratic presidential candidates at the national blog convention was one of the liveliest exchanges they've had yet — and a blogger from Seattle played a major role.

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Dispatch from Yearly Kos: Not exactly a pack of nutcases

While attendees at the gathering of liberal bloggers anticipated the arrival of Democratic presidential candidates, congressional-level aspirants made their cases. Among them were a number of Northwesterners, who decided the "netroots" are decidedly normal.

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