David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Here's a new kind of misery index: the rate of foreclosures across the nation. The rate is figured as the number of foreclosed homes as a percentage of total homes in a county. Media attention has been on the worst states, such as California, Florida, and Colorado. The Northwest is clustered around
Focusing development around rail stations makes good planning sense, but it's proving maddeningly hard to do. There are better routes by using bus stops.
A founder of the alternative weekly, now changing owners again, reflects on the paper's origins, ideals, and tribulations.
Meet some members and meet the editor at Crosscut's neighborhood coffee shop, Street Bean. Coffee and pastry are on us.
