Politics
The police-DOJ pact: Way less than meets the eye
A chance to rally behind long-needed major reforms ended up just lateraling the issues to a new group. Here's how we lost the opportunity for big yardage.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Crosscut names a new publisher
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Politics
Seattle and the DOJ: political train wreck ahead
Why haven't the city, the police, and the Department of Justice been able to work out a settlement, short of trial? This whodunit starts with the obvious suspect, Mayor McGinn. Then it gets more interesting.
PubliCola writers Josh Feit, Erica Barnett join Crosscut
PubliCola.com, a valued website covering Olympia and city hall, is closing down. Crosscut is hoping to keep these two energetic reporters working their beats.