Culture
A short, violent history of Puget Sound uprisings, protests and riots
Social unrest, shattered glass and spilled blood have always been a part of the Seattle region's history
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.
Latest work
Opinion
From Civil Rights to COVID-19: ‘Without truth, you don’t have justice’
Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell has deepened the public memory of the Civil Rights Era. His reporting offers important lessons for today.
Culture
Seattle always had anti-vaxxers — even during smallpox
In 1920, the city’s commissioner of public health called Seattle “a hot bed for anti-vaccination, Christian Science, and various anti-medical cults.”
News
Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere
The ramps to an imagined expressway were built during freeway frenzy in the 1960s. Now, all but one are coming down.
Opinion
Two explosions that changed Washington — and the world
Lessons on catastrophe from new books about the atomic bomb and the eruption of Mount St. Helens.