Seattle and Iceland enjoy many deep bonds
The small country has an outsized presence in our region. A recent arts festival in Reykjavik, honoring sister-city Seattle, drew the two regions and economies closer together.
View ArticleHikers, lost and found in Iran
After two years, Josh Fattal's and Shane Bauer's imprisonment for wandering off a hiking trail was about to end. Instead, their ongoing ordeal reveals the dark side of Iranian politics - and of...
View ArticleIn trade-jobs debate, the fine art of misleading data
When opponents of the trade pact with South Korea say 59,000 jobs would be lost in Washington state, how factual is that claim, and where does it come from?
View ArticleAmerican girls in Italy: a history before Amanda Knox's ordeal
Sometimes the meeting of foreign women and local men in Italy is a lighthearted encounter; other times, there can be a darker element.
View ArticleJapanese lessons on the art of economic rebounding
The country struggles to recover from its lost decade and the earthquake. The Seattle economy is quite dependent on Japan, and we have lessons to learn from their strategic approaches.
View ArticleDeath on the Nile
Former Seattle City Councilmember and veteran NBC international correspondent Jim Compton was in Tahrir Square this week as the army went after protesters.
View ArticleWars' painful legacies, from Pearl Harbor to Afghanistan
A World War II fighter, George McGovern, who suffered a fall last week, went on to run for president as a peace candidate. He's stayed active in large part because he worries about the young people who...
View ArticleEuro crisis is gaining force
Holland's government falls and France sends the president into a runoff. Will new voices emerge? Welcome back to the Euro Crisis.
View ArticleMexico: the beauty and the doomed
A new film about Mexican crime and violence stirs reflections about this creative country, crippled like Russia by centuries of absolutism and corruption.
View ArticleNurturing Seattle's international ties, at the grass roots
Two volunteer-rich, community-based programs are building patient bridges to a broader world.
View ArticleHow much of the world will Obama, Romney miss on foreign policy?
The country faces many more world issues that the candidates should address.
View ArticleHow the Pearl Harbor attack still shapes America
After Dec. 7, 1941, the now-disappearing Greatest Generation saved democracy, but much that came out of the end of World War II also lies behind our greatest security threats, from Iran to North Korea.
View ArticleAnother Arab Spring: the untold story of Tunisia's unfolding 'second...
Overshadowed by Egypt's and Syria's woes, the nation that launched the Arab Spring is now rising up against "moderate Islamists" who may be trying to smother its hard-won freedom. A Tunisian Seattleite...
View ArticleFeeling the wrath of Putin in Russia from the Northwest
The Northwest has a long history of promoting freedom in Russia. The latest anti-democracy moves raise questions about how to respond without causing more trouble.
View ArticleTurkey's hope: The future
Guest Opinion: The increasingly authoritarian government may well succeed in putting down the demonstrations. But its young people, in Turkey and even here, want to fix the current fractures.
View ArticleRemembering Mandela
The leader who changed Africa's history and inspired the world also faced down a world health problem.
View ArticleLetter from South Africa
As news of Nelson Mandela's death spread, worshippers gathered at St. George’s Cathedral in central Cape Town. Crosscut's Eugene Carlson was there and sends this report.
View ArticleObama's Russia challenge: Are we more interested in NCAA brackets?
Crimea requires a serious response from the West.
View ArticleIsrael-Palestine fight draws conflicted lines in Seattle
Jewish Voice for Peace protests Boeing's supplying of weapons to Israel, but is the group representative of any significant local change?
View ArticleWill Scotland secede?
The "yes" on secession campaign is gaining momentum. If it passes, the United Kingdom will get smaller, less relevant in military and diplomatic matters - and a lot more conservative politically.
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