Politics Meet the winners of the 2018 Courage Awards Each year, Crosscut honors a handful of locals who have shown extraordinary grit and leadership. by Sheila Cain / August 13, 2018
Politics Best of 2009: How Jan Drago dragooned a Viaduct solution Seattle City Council member Jan Drago. by C.R. Douglas / December 27, 2009
Politics Top-two. Ho-hum. Top-Two changed — almost nothing. The top-two primary system was supposed to be the beginning of the end of politics as we know it in Washington state. Both chairs of the state's political parties... by C.R. Douglas / August 20, 2008
Politics Seattle City Hall stares at $50 million in cuts Seattle police: Promised hires could be deferred. (Crosscut Flickr contributor <a href='http://www.flickr.com/people/bh88key/'>Brian Hart</a>) by C.R. Douglas / July 30, 2008
Politics I'm a school closure baby! How I survived a junior high school trauma. by C.R. Douglas / January 26, 2009
Politics Tim Burgess makes a fast start at City Council Tim Burgess failed the progressive litmus test. by C.R. Douglas / December 9, 2008
Politics Gay marriage, the incremental approach All benefits (and punishments), just shy of the word "marriage" by C.R. Douglas / February 2, 2009
Politics Shaky assumption: An Alaskan Way Viaduct myth is dispelled Under the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Seattle's waterfront. (Chuck Taylor) by C.R. Douglas / January 24, 2008
Politics Sound Transit version 2.1 A light-rail train is towed through the downtown Seattle tunnel. (Sound Transit) by C.R. Douglas / March 21, 2008
Politics A levy-less election? Sound Transit light rail: It may trump a city levy. by C.R. Douglas / March 3, 2008