Culture
It's all a plot: The Sonics and Storm will stay in Seattle
The worse things look, the better the chances of a hairbreadth rescue for the team. Here's how the play is diagrammed.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Politics
Amazon plans a headquarters move to South Lake Union
The company is in talks to lease buildings on three blocks of land alongside the new streetcar line. Over time, the plan goes, the company would consolidate operations on a single campus there.
Politics
Two cheers for Ron Sims
Why are we so angry at a leading politician who tells us what he truly, deeply thinks about a major issue of the day? Maybe it's because he dared to defy a taboo of local politics, where pretended unanimity masks real debate.
Politics
Two big shockers for Seattle schools and cops
The Department of Justice lands, clumsily, on Seattle police, and Seattle Schools Supt. Susan Enfield opts out of the fray. Here's the story behind these two bombshells.
Seattle & King County
What happened to 'Seattle Weekly'?
A founder of the alternative weekly, now changing owners again, reflects on the paper's origins, ideals, and tribulations.