Investigations A review of 2023’s WA worker safety, COVID relief investigations Crosscut published more than 40 stories on job safety, housing instability, police and business aid. Read our top and most impactful reporting. by Jacob Jones / December 18, 2023
Opinion As support for a business tax in King County builds, should progressives celebrate? Suddenly Amazon and other corporate backers are willing to make a concession — but only to avoid a larger one. by Katie Wilson / February 5, 2020
Opinion The anti-Bezos may be coming, but he won’t save us More than benevolent billionaires, what we really need is democracy. by Katie Wilson / January 29, 2020
Opinion For decades, Paul Dorpat chronicled — and lived out — Seattle's weirdness The prolific local historian talks art, counterculture, and the importance of knowing the history of where you live. by Katie Wilson / January 22, 2020
Opinion Who’s afraid of rent control? The history and politics of making rent less damn high, in Seattle and beyond. by Katie Wilson / January 6, 2020
Opinion The decade progressives started fighting for themselves Seattleites of the future will remember the 2010s for the first stirrings of a new movement. by Katie Wilson / December 26, 2019
News 2019 year in review It's been an incredible year in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. These stories started conversation, change, and awareness. by Ana Sofia Knauf & Mohammed Kloub / December 20, 2019
Inside Crosscut We're closing Crosscut's comment section. Here's why — and what's next With the rise of social platforms and an uptick in threatening comments, the newsroom is taking reader engagement in a different direction. by Ana Sofia Knauf & Anne Christnovich & Mohammed Kloub / December 19, 2019
Opinion Odd jobs in The Emerald City Looking back on my first year in Seattle, it's the work that comes back. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2019
Opinion Leaf blowers? Not in my backyard After a bruising election cycle, it’s time for Seattle to unite around a common enemy. by Katie Wilson / November 27, 2019 / Updated Monday, Dec. 2 at 3:30 pm