Equity
Seattle chief: ‘No one hates bad cops more than good cops’
Two current police chiefs and one former one shared their ideas for solutions during a panel at the inaugural Crosscut Festival.
Kristen M. Clark
Kristen M. Clark is a former staff reporter at Crosscut, who covered the changing region of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Previously, she covered the Florida Legislature and state government in t
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Confronting a presidential hopeful — with an emotional story
Rocio Lopez's mother longed to see Julián Castro run alongside Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. At the Crosscut Festival, she intended to tell him as much.
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Quips and a few punches at D.C. in governors' talk
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown pulled no punches Friday night in how much disgust they feel
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To slow growth, some Washington cities halt development
All that blue didn't go down so well. A few years ago in Issaquah, out-of-state developers built a
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Honk if you hate Seattle’s new traffic culture
In the Puget Sound region, old and new driving habits are merging — poorly.