Culture 13 ways to observe Black History Month with art — and hockey From an opera about Malcolm X to commemorative Kraken jerseys, Black culture is being celebrated around Seattle. by Brangien Davis & Gavin Borchert / February 1, 2024
News Crosscut Ideas Festival: Michael Barbaro on truth, lies and news The host of the New York Times' podcast The Daily explains why covering falsehoods is an existential problem for journalism. by Gavin Borchert / May 12, 2023
Culture Can legal weed save pizza and ice cream parlors? With the invention of period-free contraceptives, junk food is on a slippery slope. Will the proliferation of legal marijuana save the day? by Valerie Tarico / December 20, 2012
Culture Spread of Catholic health care raises barriers to care choices Religiously affiliated hospitals in Washington state servce much of the population. Click to enlarge by Valerie Tarico / April 10, 2013
Culture Mechanical nature: The kinetic sculptures of an Okanogan artist WATCH: With wire, a welder and will, sculptor Loren Doner captures nature’s mechanics. by Nils Cowan / December 21, 2018
Politics How WA farmers are safeguarding migrant workers Migrant workers in Skagit Valley. by Nils Cowan / September 28, 2017
Politics How saving a little red fish led to an urban refuge Kokanee salmon, a landlocked species that spends its entire life cycle in freshwater. by Nils Cowan for EarthFix / July 26, 2016
Culture From Uwajimaya to internment and back again Young entrepreneur Fujimatsu Moriguchi arrived in Tacoma in the 1920s, excited about the prospects this new land might offer and the wealth he hoped to bring back to his hometown of Uwajima, Japan. He... by Nils Cowan / March 20, 2017
Culture What World War Z and Tacoma have in common A new urban ethic is remaking the Northwest. by Valerie Tarico / November 24, 2013
Culture Seattle's new Sunday Assembly Church is no Mars Hill Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, comedians and founders of Sunday Assembly, the Atheist Church by Valerie Tarico / October 28, 2014