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Why I support Crosscut

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

As our Charter Membership Drive continues, a few words from a Crosscut Public Media contributor

Crosscut's new approach

Posted Thu, Oct 29, 6 a.m.

By David Brewster

Crosscut has completed its migration to a new, nonprofit model. Here are recent developments and a case for this new media structure. And now's the time for you to become an annual member.

Ending homelessness: How are we doing?

Posted Thu, Oct 29, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

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.

Completing an Ironman, virtually

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.

By Himanee Gupta-Carlson

At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?

Shiga's Garden: fittingly, a story of sunshine and cooperation

Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.

History has a near-death experience

Posted Thu, Sep 24, 6 a.m.

By Joe Follansbee

Funding squeezes in Oregon put much of the history of Jacksonville behind closed doors. It could happen in King County next.

An encore for the Seattle World's Fair

Posted Mon, Sep 7, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

The case for marking the 50th anniversary of the big fair with a weeklong celebration called Century 21.5.

Heritage institutions get shorted on stimulus funds

Posted Wed, Jul 15, 6 a.m.

By Joe Follansbee

Locally, $500,000 is being passed around as part of Obama's $50 million bonus for culture. As usual, small heritage organizations get very little.

And for Seattle's next 'world's fair,'...

Posted Fri, Jun 5, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Puget Sound boosters are proposing to launch an annual Global Health Celebration in 2012 to re-brand Seattle for the new century.

Humor: The secret of happiness is discovered

Posted Mon, May 25, 2:15 p.m.

By Steve Clifford

Alas, buying a Ferrari is a terrible thing to do to your Suck-Up Ratio.

Seattle's 'civic dementia,' and how to cure it

Posted Sun, May 24, 10:58 a.m.

By Knute Berger

We are losing our historic brain cells, one bungalow at a time. Much of what needs to be preserved isn't architecturally special by itself, but it has earned a right to stay with us, and the civic cost of wrecking and replacing is often too high.

'The Lancet' critique of the Gates Foundation: on the mark?

Posted Tue, May 19, 6 a.m.

By Robert Fortner

The articles complain that Gates is doing too much in global health, or not enough. Amid the confusing complaints and muted praise is a clear call for more transparency.

The Cascadian Dream

Posted Thu, Apr 9, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Can a Pacific Northwest utopia be shaped on the shared belief that nature is sacred? This latest installment in a series on regional identity looks at the patron saint of the environmental movement, John Muir, and how his thinking informs the desire for a new, greener, and elusive entity some call Cascadia.

Peter Donnelly and the Seattle way of arts

Posted Fri, Apr 3, 6 a.m.

By David Brewster

We've followed the have-it-all mode for building the arts rapidly, with many gains and tradeoffs. What will it be like After Donnelly (A.D.)?

Gates Foundation's 35 break-out ideas in HIV/AIDS fight

Posted Tue, Feb 17, 6 a.m.

By Robert Fortner

The 'Explorations' proposals range from using the body's own defenses to creating new synthetic warriors.

Recession, wrecking balls, and history

Posted Wed, Jan 7, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The new year will be challenging for historic preservation in Seattle, but there are great opportunities and new initiatives ahead, too. Here's a breakdown of six front-burner issues for 2009. First of 2 parts

Can writers get a federal bailout too?

Posted Fri, Dec 19, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Some think the time is ripe to revive a New Deal program that put writers to work for the public good. Others say that's what bloggers are already doing.

Pacific Science Center's architecture might change

Posted Wed, Dec 17, 6 a.m.

By Benjamin Lukoff

Dramatically lit at night, the Science Center is an icon in the Seattle skyline. A national group is sounding alarms about potential alterations of the campus, though the arches seem sacrosanct.

Charlie and me

Posted Thu, Nov 27, 6 a.m.

By Kent Kammerer

A Thanksgiving story, learning from a wise homeless man.

KCTS hires a new leader

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 12:59 p.m.

By David Brewster

Maurice Bresnahan gets the hot seat, arriving next month from South Carolina. Seattle's public-TV station is finally out of debt, but it still seems more about survival than revival.