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With Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Battle of Seattle goes mainstream
The WTO anti-globalization demonstrations of 1999 — the so-called “Battle in Seattle” — have pretty much faded into history. Some have debated
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Remembering Charley Royer, Seattle’s only three-term mayor
Helping the city reinvent itself after the Boeing bust, Royer pushed for a Westlake Park makeover, the Convention Center and low-income housing.
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Meet Seattle's Bird Woman
Adelaide Lowry Pollock was an educator, birder, author and believer in the power of civic participation at the turn of
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The Wood That Won the Wars
Sitka trees were key military materiel in both World Wars. Knute Berger shares how the need for wood and the
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Minoru Yamasaki's Architectural Legacy
Minoru Yamasaki was among the most influential architects of the 20th century. Knute Berger tells the story. Minoru Yamasaki was