Culture Black Arts Legacies: Nate Long's fight to change the face of TV The late director, producer, stuntman and teacher used film and video production to lift up the voices of Seattle’s Black community. by Jas Keimig / May 9, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Milt Simons’ experimental artistic life Undersung in his time, the painter, teacher and multimedia artist wasn’t afraid to color outside the lines. by Jas Keimig / June 6, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Syvilla Fort helped put Seattle dance on the map The Seattle-born dancer/choreographer worked with artists from Merce Cunningham and John Cage to Eartha Kitt and James Dean. by Jas Keimig / June 30, 2023
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
Mossback Mossback’s Northwest: The Black migration from California to B.C. Not finding the equality — or gold — they sought in the West, Black Americans left the ‘free’ state in 1858 for refuge in Victoria. by Knute Berger / October 27, 2023
Politics Great start for Sotomayor Her questioning of corporate "personhood" is a positive sign on a fundamental fight. by Knute Berger / September 23, 2009
Politics Confessions of a D-student A classroom in the Laotian school in Ban Na Muang. by Knute Berger / September 22, 2009
Politics What were they thinking? Spokane's "criminally insane escapee" raises big questions. by Knute Berger / September 21, 2009
Politics A big week for the cottage cult Backyard cottage housing is a benefit, not a threat, to single family neighborhoods, and in keeping with the values that shaped Seattle. Let's have more. by Knute Berger / September 20, 2009
Environment The bully of Puget Sound Highway 520 in Bellevue at evening rush hour. by Knute Berger / September 17, 2009