Growth Has Microsoft’s 'game-changing' housing commitment changed the game? As the company pledges another $250 million, a look at how its first $500 million has played out. by Gregory Scruggs / January 16, 2020 / Updated on Friday, Jan. 17 at 9 a.m.
Opinion Militarized and afraid at Seattle protests At demonstrations here and across America, police and protesters face two fundamentally unequal fears. by Mason Bryan / July 7, 2020
News Coronavirus hits a WA geoduck industry already struggling with tariffs From restaurants to shellfish farmers, the outbreak is already hurting the state's economy. by Gregory Scruggs / March 3, 2020
Opinion A diary of death and disdain in the time of coronavirus A Seattle professor ponders lessons learned by the spread of a virus — and of misinformation. by Johnny Horton / April 1, 2020
Inside Crosscut 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. by Mason Bryan / May 19, 2020
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. by 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. by Mason Bryan / May 29, 2020
Inside Crosscut 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. by Mason Bryan / April 28, 2020
Opinion Seattle international students caught between Trump and COVID-19 A Seattle Central College professor argues that the pandemic and an America First presidency threaten a great American institution. by Johnny Horton / August 12, 2020
Opinion A Seattle professor on helping veterans find home in the humanities No other classroom has shown me the kind of community I've encountered teaching veterans classical literature. by Johnny Horton / November 11, 2020