Traffic is shown on Interstate 5 in Fife.

$30 car tabs on hold, but transportation cuts coming anyway

State and local leaders are moving forward as if Initiative 976 is in effect — even though the courts have halted the measure for now.

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Melissa Santos

/ December 6

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Ahamefule J. Oluo plays the trumpet during rehearsal at On The Boards

Ahamefule J. Oluo's new show pays tribute to his mom with stand-up, jazz and memoir

The Seattle comedian/musician honors his "comically optimistic" mother.

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Margo Vansynghel

/ December 5 December 5, 2019

The world's first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW

The region is poised to lead the way in electric flight thanks to an ambitious partnership between MagniX and Harbour Air.

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Beatriz Costa Lima

/ December 5 December 5, 2019 /

Updated at 12:17 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2019.

Landlords with lawyers, tenants without: How some WA renters are signing away their rights

The state Legislature recently passed new regulations to protect against eviction, but many don't know their rights.

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David Kroman

/ December 5 December 5, 2019

Things to do in Seattle: Dec. 5 - 11

Dina Martina’s Christmas Show, psychedelic cumbia from Terror/Cactus, local writers pay tribute to James Baldwin and more must-sees.

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/ December 5 December 5, 2019

Could seaweed be Washington's next cash crop?

With Washington's natural kelp beds declining, farms could fill an ecological niche and serve an emergent market. But barriers to entry remain high.

by

Hannah Weinberger

/ December 4 December 4, 2019 /

Updated at 9:45 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2019

Opinion

Amazon tried to buy our elections. A new law will stop that

December 6

Lorena González is an at-large member of the Seattle City Council.

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Cindy Black is the executive director of Fix Democracy First, a campaign finance reform group.

When politics as usual looks this much like corruption, we have a problem.

Opinion

It's time to make our transportation system less efficient

December 4

Anna Zivarts is the program director of Rooted in Rights, a digital advocacy project of Disability Rights Washington.

The latest deaths on Aurora Avenue should have Seattle thinking differently about car culture.

Opinion

In Seattle's WTO protests, the seeds of today's anti-globalist nationalism

December 2

Knute “Mossback” Berger is Crosscut's Editor-at-Large.

The massive global action against WTO was framed as a protest from the left. But the far right has gone out ahead.

The case for fixing philanthropy and decolonizing wealth

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Edgar Villanueva tells us how doing good can actually do harm.

Three panelists discuss climate change before an audience in a darkened studio

Crosscut Talks

Learning to live with climate change

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Two climate adaptation experts discuss how Northwest communities can adjust to a new normal.

Crosscut Talks

The making of 'The Rising': Capturing a climate crisis on Washington’s coast

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How Crosscut's journalists told the story of two villages under threat from an advancing ocean.

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Features

Focus: Equal Play

Shelter for the Storm: Seattle women’s hoops will finally have a suitable home, but not without sacrifice

As the city's WNBA franchise excelled, the team’s home court crumbled. Now it is looking at a bright future with a new facility.

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Alex Coffey

/ October 25 /

Updated at 1:15 p.m.

Ames Bros. founders Barry Ament and Coby Schultz in their SoDo studio

Culture

Seahawks draft Seattle artists for new series of game-day posters

With proceeds funding art education in Seattle schools, the limited edition screen prints are a win-win.

by

Brangien Davis

/ October 30

More features

It's time to make our transportation system less efficient

The latest deaths on Aurora Avenue should have Seattle thinking differently about car culture.

by

Anna Zivarts

/ December 4, 2019

Environment

Could seaweed be Washington's next cash crop?

With Washington's natural kelp beds declining, farms could fill an ecological niche and serve an emergent market. But barriers to entry remain high.

by

Hannah Weinberger

/ December 4, 2019 /

Updated at 9:45 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2019

News

One-third of Washington's rural hospitals are at risk. What will happen if they close?

These hospitals can mean the difference between life and death.

by

Emily McCarty

/ December 3, 2019

black and white illustration of a dirigible

Culture

How the Gold Rush inspired Seattle's early aerospace innovation

Locals looked to dirigibles, blimps and airships long before Boeing landed.

by

Knute Berger

/ December 3, 2019

The sunset over the ocean with the silhouettes of paddling canoes

Environment

Crosscut Documentaries presents: The Rising

Facing climate upheaval on Washington's coast, members of the Quinault tribe take to the sea in the canoes of their ancestors.

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/ December 2, 2019

Opinion

In Seattle's WTO protests, the seeds of today's anti-globalist nationalism

The massive global action against WTO was framed as a protest from the left. But the far right has gone out ahead.

by

Knute Berger

/ December 2, 2019

Rev. Bryan Pham stands in front of stained glass windows

Equity

GEO Group’s Catholic shareholders want to change Tacoma’s private prison from within

The Rev. Bryan Pham is pushing the company to improve conditions at the immigration detention center in Tacoma.

by

Lilly Fowler

/ December 2, 2019

The world's first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW

by

Beatriz Costa Lima

/ December 5 /

Updated at 12:17 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2019.

Environment

Crosscut Documentaries presents: The Rising

by

/ December 2

People sit around a long table at a restaurant

Environment

How to die a good, green death

by

Manola Secaira

/ October 31

Opinion

Leaf blowers? Not in my backyard

November 27

Katie Wilson, a contributing columnist, is the General Secretary of the Transit Riders Union.

After a bruising election cycle, it’s time for Seattle to unite around a common enemy.

A person passes by a building with a mural

Why Seattle needs more history in its politics, and more politics in its art

November 22

Dujie Tahat is a poet and political communications strategist.

Chicago, a city deeply attuned to its cultural and political history, offers lessons for our arts institutions and our politicians.

How Seattle can slow gentrification — and why it must

November 21

Glenn Nelson is a Japanese American columnist covering race and equity in the Pacific Northwest.

White people are returning to the same parts of Seattle past generations helped segregate. But we're not helpless in the fight against displacement.

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