How artists survive in Seattle

A gallery show celebrating the good, bad and ugly of service jobs in an unaffordable city.

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Brangien Davis

/ April 26

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Grizzly bears in Denali National Park in Alaska

Grizzly bears could make a return to WA — for real this time

Ryan Zinke's support for grizzly recovery plan in the North Cascades was a Nixon-to-China moment. Now what?

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Daniel Jack Chasan

/ April 26 April 26, 2018

9 things to do in Seattle

Alice in Wonderland Burlesque, Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" and Independent Bookstore Day.

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/ April 26 April 26, 2018

Seattle Opera checks its privilege

The organization hired its first social impact consultant last February.

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Carla Bell

/ April 25 April 25, 2018

The Federal Army & Navy Surplus store in Seattle

So Seattle: The military surplus store that’s a mainstay in Belltown

The Federal Army & Navy Surplus store, with its MREs and Ghillie Suits, has been in business since the 1950s.

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Mike Seely

/ April 25 April 25, 2018

Opinion

Durkan cleans up the toxic mess Murray left behind

April 25

Joe Copeland is Crosscut's senior editor.

Ed Murray left a worse trail of HR problems than we realized. Is Jenny Durkan better at cleaning up than expected?

Opinion

Chill! New tax helps homeless without hurting small businesses

April 24

Chris Maykut is founder and partner of Chaco Canyon in West Seattle and Greenwood.

Don't worry, Seattle's new employee hours tax won't impact small businesses.

The chilling threads of our racist past

A trip from Washington to Oregon — both hotbeds of racism — to understand their ugly histories.

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Knute Berger

Crosscut's staff columnist

/ April 23

The house at 913-915 24th Avenue in Seattle many years ago

Equity

An epic battle against gentrification

As growth reshapes the fabric of Seattle's historically Black Central District, Inye Wokoma and his family are resisting gentrification and displacement.

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Naomi Ishisaka

/ April 2

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homeless encampment on First Hill in Seattle

Politics

Seattle revives controversial business tax to combat homelessness

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David Kroman

/ April 20

Choreographer and dancer Alicia Mullikin

Culture

A Chicana choreographer storms the barriers of stereotype

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Laila Kazmi

/ April 24

Culture

She fled war, mastered English and became WA’s poet laureate

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Aileen Imperial

/ April 19

Come to Seattle — just don’t bring your car with you

April 20

Gregory Scruggs is a journalist based in Seattle.

Should drivers pay to clog downtown Seattle’s streets? Yes, but much better if they leave the vehicles elsewhere.

A Yakama tribal member fishes in the Klickitat River for fall Chinook salmon.

On salmon, the tribes should beat Washington at the Supreme Court

April 18

Dow Constantine is King County Executive.

The Northwest tribes' fight against the state of Washington over salmon is one for all of us, and our future.

Bikeshare bicycles along Alaskan Way waterfront in downtown Seattle, Washington on Tuesday, August 8, 2017.

E-bikers, these sidewalks are made for walking

April 17

Doug MacDonald is a pedestrian activist who once served as the Secretary of Transportation for Washington state.

With electric bikes proliferating, Seattle has to fix its sidewalk riding ordinance.

KVI Crosscut Conversation

Thursday, April 26, 2018

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Crosscut's Florangela Davila and Knute Berger, along with KVI's John Carlson and Kirby Wilbur, unite to form the KVI Crosscut Conversation. Moderated by KOMO Newsradio's Manda Factor, the panel will focus issues facing us at the national, state, and local levels.

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