Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Sat, Nov 7, 8 a.m.
It's been a tough year for books and words, but one bright spot was the effort to bring back a Seattle book festival. Some saw the event as a great first effort, others as a fiasco.
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Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.
As enrollment begins to creep back up, with a bubble moving toward high school, district officials may think about reopening old Lincoln High. And this is the time to make good on promises to improve South End schools.
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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.
The dispute over an event at West Seattle's Lincoln Park unleashes a "cycle" of anger. Once again, parks make good battlefields.
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Posted Mon, Nov 2, 6 a.m.
"The Great Nearby" keeps a lens focused on the ways we sustain civil society, says a regular contributor to Crosscut Public Media.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
Even a Seattle liberal can get that "not in Kansas anymore" feeling about a visit to Eugene, Ore.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
As our Charter Membership Drive continues, a few words from a Crosscut Public Media contributor
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Posted Thu, Oct 29, 6 a.m.
Those vaunted 10-year plans to solve the problem are halfway in, or more, and yet homelessness persists. Even so, we're making progress and on the right track.
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Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.
I have no answer yet about how to vote in the Seattle mayor's race. Like a lot of people, I'm still working it out.
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Posted Tue, Oct 27, 6 a.m.
As part of a 10-year project, the city is gradually changing its street signs from green to brown. Our resident "address nerd" surveys the damage.
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Posted Mon, Oct 26, 6 a.m.
Preservationists worry that the character of Bellingham's historic neighborhood rides on the FDIC's willingness to enforce its own order restricting a controversial development.
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Posted Sun, Oct 18, noon
Seattle's iconic Pioneer Square bookstore might move. It could also close. Tough times bring tough choices for the bookseller, and the neighborhood it has helped to revive.
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Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Brookings' Bruce Katz argues in a UW talk that this "metro" can help lead the U.S. toward a new, more prosperous economy.
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Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.
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Posted Mon, Oct 12, 6 a.m.
September's demolition of state landmarks leaves Washington preservationists reeling.
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Posted Fri, Oct 9, 6 a.m.
Does the Seattle Way limit progress? Rather, our habits of stubborn public criticism have mostly saved us from follies and boondoggles.
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Posted Fri, Oct 9, 6 a.m.
A stint in North Carolina offers perspective on some familiar concerns about transportation, school busing, local politics, and quality of life.
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Posted Wed, Oct 7, 6:55 a.m.
It's also back to reopening five schools closed a few years ago, with a cost of $45 million. The district releases its detailed maps and makes the case that predictability for families will outweigh some of the tradeoffs in desegregation and flexibility.
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Posted Tue, Oct 6, 6 a.m.
Without taking a position on the mayor's race, a leading Seattle neighborhood activist offers some advice for the winner. For starters, fire the bodyguard and get out there among the people.
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Posted Mon, Oct 5, 6 a.m.
Out, finally, go all those arcane rules deriving from desegregation efforts. Now, the School Board hopes to adopt a new plan, assigning students largely to neighborhood schools, with far fewer "escape valves." The real challenge remains improving quality of all schools.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 4 p.m.
In the afterglow of a successful "2012" conference in Langley, a co-producer sees evidence of the island's "hidden economy" of digital workers.
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
With a new fundraising campaign kicking off tonight, the history museum hopes to be in its new Lake Union digs in 2012.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 3, 6 p.m.
Washington state's Vancouver is considering a slight but significant name change
MOREPosted Fri, Oct 30, 5 p.m.
It could be creepy out there on this Halloween weekend, what with all that extra time to plan tricks and treats.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 26, 6 a.m.
Large man, injured woman, smell of booze. And then there are those troubling domestic violence statistics.
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A new Seattle book festival launches this weekend in Columbia City, amid bad news for Elliott Bay Books and word of a new fest planned for next year.
MOREPosted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.
After a bewildering domestic-violence charge, our alleged victim seeks help from the local authorities.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 19, 6 a.m.
"Even if you were taller and blonder," the cop said, your husband wouldn't love you. Part 1 of an occasional series.
MOREPosted Thu, Sep 24, 5:32 p.m.
You can't just block off vehicles and expect a public space. Here are some do's (Boulder, San Antonio) and don't's (Eugene).
MOREPosted Thu, Sep 17, 12:05 p.m.
Not all Northwest places have abandoned driving civility.
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