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Activists rally in favor of house bill 1324 at the Washington State Capitol

WA may end mandatory sentencing points based on juvenile convictions

HB 1324 hopes to remedy the harm of the racist 'superpredator' myth, which has lengthened the sentences for mostly Indigenous and Black youth.

Luna Reyna

/ April 18, 2023 /

Updated on 2:10 on April 20

News

Gov. Inslee won't lift WA's vaccine mandate for state employees yet

The governor told a Crosscut Festival audience that the restrictions have saved about 19,000 lives in Washington state.

Luna Reyna

/ May 9, 2022

News

‘I’m not a token': Seattle council president Debora Juarez opens up

Juarez shares her history of advocacy, hopes for collective healing and conviction that Indigenous people must have a seat at the table.

Luna Reyna

/ March 17, 2022 /

Updated at 5:56 on March 17, 2022

Equity

WA is working on an Amber Alert for missing Indigenous people

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Rep. Debra Lekanoff are proposing a bill that would disseminate critical information more quickly and effectively.

Luna Reyna

/ February 3, 2022

Opinion

What Howard Schultz's coffee order says about his presidential bid

An ex-barista questions the former Starbucks CEO's qualifications to run the free world.

Mason Bryan

/ January 31, 2019

UW College Republican president and TV newscaster

Politics

Undergrads for Kavanaugh raise a pint in Seattle

Claiming the confirmation fight has emboldened the right, the UW students believe the whole affair will be forgotten “real fast.”

Mason Bryan

/ October 7, 2018

Students march across the intersection of Pend Oreille Street and Montlake Boulevard NE during one-day strike with graduate students who are represented by UAW Local 421 at the University of Washington in Seattle, May 14, 2018

Politics

Sick of living in poverty, UW student employees walk out

Some 4,500 student employees at the University of Washington stage a one-day strike.

Mason Bryan

/ May 16, 2018

The University of Washington's Gerberding Hall, where many administrative offices are (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)

Politics

Is a strike looming at the University of Washington?

As the April 30 contract negotiation deadline approaches, academic student employees are weighing the possibility of a strike.

Mason Bryan

/ April 18, 2018

Politics

UW could become 6th campus nationwide with a postdoc union

Some university researchers have passed a major hurdle in their quest to unionize

Mason Bryan

/ March 16, 2018

Politics

Washington's Trump fighter — at Crosscut Fest

When President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to prevent travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim nations, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued...

Mason Bryan

/ January 17, 2018