Seattle Kids Used To Get 95 Minutes Of Lunch And Recess There was a time Seattle students got 95 minutes of lunch and recess. Most of that time was for a languid midday break that allowed plenty of time to... Ann Dornfeld
My Grandfather And The Plane That Changed Seattle There’s an old photograph in my father’s office that I’ve always wondered about. In it my grandfather and nine other young airmen stand in front of... Ashley Ahearn
Battle Continues Over Racist Lake Name In Washington Several years ago a Seattle man hiked into a lake in the North Cascades that had an unusual name: Coon Lake. Jonathan Rosenblum thought that sounded... David Hyde
Not Always So Progressive: Early Seattle Mayor Was An Avowed White Supremacist Jeannie Yandel talks with Crosscut's Knute Berger about his article on Beriah Brown, a mover and shaker in early Seattle who also had a long body of... Jeannie Yandel
What Music Can Teach Us About The Lasting Impact Of WWI How can we make sense of the staggering history of loss -- loss of reason, life, and hope for the future -- represented by World War I? In 2014... John O'Brien
When Seattle Commuted By 'Mosquito Fleet' Jeannie Yandel speaks to Leonard Garfield, director of the Museum of History and Industry, about a time when Seattleites got around on a "swarm of... Jeannie Yandel
POW's Suffering Didn't End When World War II Did In 1945 President Harry Truman declared Sept. 2 as Victory Over Japan Day. Japan surrendered aboard the USS Missouri. It was the official end of World W... Patricia Murphy
Seattle Tackles Opera's ‘PR Problem’ By Keeping It Local Opera patrons tend to glide toward their seats, downing last drops of Prosecco before the doors close. But this Seattle opera wants to draw you in from... Amy Radil
The Hanford Legacy: Atomic Bombs And A Whole Lot Of Waste Todd Mundt speaks with Northwest News Network correspondent Anna King about the past and present of the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington. Kate OConnell
Look Inside Edith Macefield’s House Before It’s Barged To Orcas Island Edith Macefield’s tiny house will soon float to Orcas Island – but not by balloon. The property owner – a bank that won’t disclose its identity – has... Isolde Raftery
