A budget-cutting Sophie's Choice: Youth programs hit hard Homeless child by Judy Lightfoot / May 3, 2011
Will Obama speak at a Washington high school commencement? Official photograph of President Barack Obama by Judy Lightfoot / May 3, 2011
Fending off compassion fatigue: Community events keep Seattle helping Japan Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and disaster relief crews searching Sukuiso, Japan by Judy Lightfoot / April 29, 2011
Crosscut Tout: After Tax Day, time for poetry at Richard Hugo House Natonal Poetry Month 2011 Poster by Judy Lightfoot / April 20, 2011
A springtime feast: Wendell Berry at SAL, plus a nourishing course on sustainability Wendell Berry by Judy Lightfoot / April 19, 2011
Membership drive: 'Crosscut, I’m glad I ran into you!' Judy Lightfoot by Judy Lightfoot / April 14, 2011
Crosscut Tout: SAM films feature daring Soviet art and the endearing Jeff Bridges (April 6-7) Jeff Bridges, 'The Door in the Floor' (1984) by Judy Lightfoot / April 5, 2011
A captivating 'Hustle' Doug Merlino's "The Hustle: One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White" weaves unforgettable personal portraits into a fine memoir that's also a lively Seattle history. He speaks in Seattle on Friday... by Judy Lightfoot / March 31, 2011
Begging: To give or not to give It's better to give your spare change to a food bank or shelter. (Uh, but tell that to your heart.) by Judy Lightfoot / March 29, 2011
Alfred reaches out, and his story can touch us all Iron Limitations by Judy Lightfoot / March 24, 2011