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Podcast | Andrew Yang on the origins and aims of the Forward Party

For this episode of the Crosscut Talks podcast, we listen in on a conversation with the entrepreneur-turned-politician in which he discusses his political journey, his role in creating a new third party,...

A brief history of the Espionage Act in the Pacific Northwest

The Act was first passed into law in 1917 just after the U.S. entered World War I. It was a time when alarms over immigrants and “enemy aliens” and acts of terrorism...

Podcast | The reforms Eric Holder believes will save democracy

As the U.S. Attorney General during the presidency of Barack Obama, Holder was responsible for applying the rule of law to cases that were politically charged, from immigration to counter-terrorism to same-sex...

Podcast | How bills on guns, housing and abortion passed in WA

Host Sara Bernard examines it all in this special episode of Crosscut Reports, recorded live during the virtual portion of the Crosscut Ideas Festival on May 4, 2023.Listen to Crosscut Reports on Apple...

‘We can do this’: Big ideas from the Crosscut Ideas Festival

Michael Cohen was another speaker with an idea for preserving American democracy: make sure his former boss never sees the inside of the White House again. A former lawyer for Donald Trump,...

WA Supreme Court rules capital gains tax is constitutional

The fight for a progressive taxWashington is one of a handful of states without a personal income tax after the state Supreme Court struck one down in the 1933 decision in Culliton...

Podcast | What has changed in Washington since the fall of Roe

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the stage was set for abortion bans or restrictions in many states, as well as for a political groundswell from Americans who believe in...

Podcast | What’s left for Democrats to tackle in Olympia?

It’s a familiar position for the party, which has held the trifecta since 2018. In that time, Democrats have crossed a number of items off their legislative wish list, including most recently...

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