Opinion Seattle is facing an indoor air quality crisis Air conditioning is rare in Seattle, but if we want to breathe indoors amid hotter, smokier summers, we’ll have to take action — soon. by Samantha Allen / July 27, 2021
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Crosscut Festival puts environmental impacts and solutions on the agenda In honor of Earth Month, we’re celebrating our Environment & Outdoors sessions at this year’s Crosscut Festival. by Caroline Gerdes / April 6, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Bill McKibben on climate activism as a lifetime fight Activism over 60: Bill McKibben says teenagers shouldn’t be the only ones fighting climate change. by Caroline Gerdes / March 30, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Newspaper legend Carl Bernstein recounts bygone days in new memoir Chasing History highlights Carl Bernstein’s beginnings in a 1960s newsroom, going from copyboy to dictationist to city desk clerk. by Caroline Gerdes / March 23, 2022
Opinion To beat the heat, put a lid on I-5 The climate crisis has added new urgency to an ambitious idea. by Samantha Allen / July 9, 2021
Opinion 50 years on, the radical promise of Stonewall is still unmet The LGBTQ community has made enormous progress in the fight for equality, but a long road still lies ahead. by Samantha Allen / June 28, 2019
Culture Neon is a symbol of Seattle's past. What will illuminate its future? The city's most iconic signs are losing their vaunted glow to LED replacements. But not everyone is giving up on neon. by Samantha Allen / September 20, 2019
Opinion Climate change got you down? There's a word for what you're feeling I lived through Katrina and mourn what was lost. Now, in a land vulnerable to wildfires, I fear for my new home in the Pacific Northwest. by Caroline Gerdes / September 11, 2019
Crosscut Festival Audie Cornish talks her Crosscut Ideas Fest interview with Ibram X. Kendi The host of CNN's podcast The Assignment previews her chat with the author of How to Be an Anti-Racist. by Caroline Gerdes / April 20, 2023
Crosscut Festival Crosscut Ideas Festival takes on climate challenges and solutions From drought to the biodiversity crisis, our speakers will tackle some of the biggest environmental issues facing our planet — and our backyard. by Caroline Gerdes / April 13, 2023