Opinion
In the PNW, Confederate flag controversies are not new
Recent incidents in the region and a secession movement in Oregon show the Civil War era and its divisions still echo in the Northwest.
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 Cascadia’s last great world’s fair, 35 years later
Vancouver’s Expo ’86 was the last time North America hosted a world’s fair. Here’s what made it a golden moment.
Opinion
UFOs and Bigfoot — two local enigmas — get another moment in the sun
Unidentified aerial phenomena and ancient hominids are in the news. Both have a rich history in the Pacific Northwest.
Opinion
How the Confederacy shaped the American West and cowboy culture
In arguing that the South won the Civil War, historian Heather Cox Richardson points to the paradox of the cowboy and how it presents an enduring dilemma for our democracy.
Opinion
Recall in Seattle: The roots and realities of a populist process
The effort to remove city councilmember Kshama Sawant is just the latest in a litany of attempted ousters that began in the Progressive Era.