Podcast | Four activists remember the summer of 2020 Reporter Jadenne Radoc Cabahug shares the stories of Black Seattleites who are continuing to work for equity and police accountability. Season 1 , Episode 58 / February 21, 2024
Mossback's Northwest 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. October 27, 2023
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
Northwest Reports Podcast | WA educators burnt out over classroom political clashes Season 1 , Episode 37 / September 27, 2023 Politics reporter Joseph O’Sullivan talked to teachers about the increasing criticism they face at school over race and LGBTQ+ topics.
Culture Fall Arts: A new Seattle play rustles up the history of Black cowboys Local playwright Andrew Lee Creech brings post-Emancipation Texas to life in a story of love, ambition and what it means to be free. by Brangien Davis / September 22, 2023
Culture Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new guard brings diversity center stage Seattle’s largest dance company is at a turning point with a fall roster that’s younger and 50 percent BIPOC. by Marcie Sillman / September 13, 2023
Culture Seattle poet Troy Osaki writes for a Filipino homecoming The activist’s work often focuses on his family history, his Seattle upbringing and creating ‘a country to come home to.’ by Nimra Ahmad / July 21, 2023
Inside Crosscut Remembering two pioneers of Seattle’s Black arts community Jas Keimig writes about the elation and frustration of rediscovering the renaissance men who deserve more recognition. by Jas Keimig / June 8, 2023
Northwest Reports Podcast | Learning from the legacies of Seattle’s Black artists Season 1 , Episode 27 / June 7, 2023 Writer Jas Keimig discusses their work profiling current creators and researching the lives of those who shouldn't be forgotten.
Equity From the culture-war crossfire, Ibram X. Kendi sees history repeat The author and Crosscut Ideas Festival speaker says backlash to America’s ‘awokening’ is the latest iteration of past generations’ talking points. by Martina Pansze / May 9, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Poet Quenton Baker evokes beauty and terror Baker’s work — including their latest collection, ‘ballast’ — orbits the ‘afterlife of slavery,’ provoking wonder and a bit of a shiver. by Jas Keimig / April 25, 2023
Mossback's Northwest Mossback Upon Further Review: the Seattle Freeze and the Old South Why was a Confederate flag flying over downtown Seattle? April 21, 2023
Mossback Mossback's Northwest: In the 1940s, Seattle embraced the Confederacy Rebel flags once flew over Fifth Avenue — and it wasn't just about the 'Gone With the Wind' premiere. by Knute Berger / April 21, 2023
Mossback Podcast | The Confederacy and Southern sympathizers in Seattle Season 3 , Episode 3 / April 20, 2023 Decades after the Civil War, nostalgia for the 'Lost Cause' took hold in the Northwest. Knute Berger explains how.
Northwest Reports Podcast | Can higher ed diversify without affirmative action? Season 1 , Episode 20 / April 19, 2023 Reporter Andrew Engelson discusses WA's 1998 ban of the practice, and what UW has done since to increase racial equity on campus.
Culture Why is jazz essential in Seattle schools? Ask Wynton Marsalis With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest. by Alexa Peters / April 14, 2023
