James Ross Gardner
How a Culture War Over Race Engulfed a School District
After a ten-year-old took her own life, residents battled over whether her death was a tragic but isolated incident, or caused by a pattern of racist bullying.
The World the 747 Didn’t Predict
Boeing’s iconic jumbo jet was prophesied as a “weapon of peace.” It leaves the world a smaller place—and still a war-torn one, too.
California’s Devastating Storms Are a Glimpse of the Future
Even as the state weathers a megadrought, climate change is increasing the risk of catastrophic floods.
More Tree Canopy Can Stop Climate Change from Killing Vulnerable Americans
A small, willfully misunderstood earmark in the Build Back Better Act is in fact a response to a mortal threat.
Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome
A chronicle of a slow-motion climate disaster that became one of Oregon’s deadliest calamities.
Seattle Under the Heat Dome
As global temperatures rise, the Pacific Northwest is obliterating heat records.
A Year in America’s First COVID Epicenter
Twelve months after Seattle suffered the first reported coronavirus death in the U.S., city leaders reflect on what has worked—and what remains agonizingly broken.
As the Vaccine Arrives, Death and Denial Rage in a California Coronavirus Epicenter
In the San Joaquin Valley, medical professionals fear that many in the public still fail to grasp the dangers of COVID-19.
When Wildfire Came for Santa Cruz
Loss and recovery during the C.Z.U. Lightning fire, one of the most destructive infernos of the 2020 California wildfire season.
In a Cloud of Wildfire Smoke, the Pacific Northwest Breathes Uneasily
Fires up and down the coast are the latest in a series of crises that have choked the region this year.
The Inevitable Tragedy of a Summer on Edge in Portland
For years, Trump supporters have tried to provoke clashes in the city.
Trump’s Fake Solution to the Fake Crisis in Portland
Federal agents dressed as soldiers have only energized demonstrations for Black lives.
Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest Has Always Been in Flux
An experiment in self-rule tests the limits of consensus.
A Seattle Activist’s Fight to Keep the Focus on Police Abuse
How cable news, telegenic looters, and aggressive law-enforcement tactics nearly derailed Andrè Taylor’s message about justice and power.
How the Coronavirus Exacerbated Oregon’s Bitter Political Divide
In everyone from grocery-store workers to the governor, the state’s far right sees hype, conspiracy, and overreach.
The End of the Beginning: Seattle Braces for the Next Phase of the Coronavirus Fight
Social-distancing measures have helped, but officials warn that a sense of complacency could bring the virus roaring back.
“Normal Is Not in Our Game Plan”: Seattle’s Fight to Survive the Spread of the Coronavirus
As Washington State enforces measures to slow the virus’s spread, the toll in Seattle’s service industry is clear, with boarded-up bars and restaurants and a surge in unemployment claims.
“Normal Is Not in Our Game Plan”: Seattle’s Fight to Survive the Spread of the Coronavirus
As Washington State enforces measures to slow the virus’s spread, the toll in Seattle’s service industry is clear, with boarded-up bars and restaurants and a surge in unemployment claims.
A Week at the Epicenter of America’s Coronavirus Crisis
Seattle residents are used to being in the news for our innovations and, if we’re lucky, for a decent season from the Seahawks. Now we are known as ground zero of a deadly epidemic poised to sweep the continent.
How a Culture War Over Race Engulfed a School District
After a ten-year-old took her own life, residents battled over whether her death was a tragic but isolated incident, or caused by a pattern of racist bullying.
The World the 747 Didn’t Predict
Boeing’s iconic jumbo jet was prophesied as a “weapon of peace.” It leaves the world a smaller place—and still a war-torn one, too.
California’s Devastating Storms Are a Glimpse of the Future
Even as the state weathers a megadrought, climate change is increasing the risk of catastrophic floods.
More Tree Canopy Can Stop Climate Change from Killing Vulnerable Americans
A small, willfully misunderstood earmark in the Build Back Better Act is in fact a response to a mortal threat.
Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome
A chronicle of a slow-motion climate disaster that became one of Oregon’s deadliest calamities.
Seattle Under the Heat Dome
As global temperatures rise, the Pacific Northwest is obliterating heat records.
A Year in America’s First COVID Epicenter
Twelve months after Seattle suffered the first reported coronavirus death in the U.S., city leaders reflect on what has worked—and what remains agonizingly broken.
As the Vaccine Arrives, Death and Denial Rage in a California Coronavirus Epicenter
In the San Joaquin Valley, medical professionals fear that many in the public still fail to grasp the dangers of COVID-19.
When Wildfire Came for Santa Cruz
Loss and recovery during the C.Z.U. Lightning fire, one of the most destructive infernos of the 2020 California wildfire season.
In a Cloud of Wildfire Smoke, the Pacific Northwest Breathes Uneasily
Fires up and down the coast are the latest in a series of crises that have choked the region this year.
The Inevitable Tragedy of a Summer on Edge in Portland
For years, Trump supporters have tried to provoke clashes in the city.
Trump’s Fake Solution to the Fake Crisis in Portland
Federal agents dressed as soldiers have only energized demonstrations for Black lives.
Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest Has Always Been in Flux
An experiment in self-rule tests the limits of consensus.
A Seattle Activist’s Fight to Keep the Focus on Police Abuse
How cable news, telegenic looters, and aggressive law-enforcement tactics nearly derailed Andrè Taylor’s message about justice and power.
How the Coronavirus Exacerbated Oregon’s Bitter Political Divide
In everyone from grocery-store workers to the governor, the state’s far right sees hype, conspiracy, and overreach.
The End of the Beginning: Seattle Braces for the Next Phase of the Coronavirus Fight
Social-distancing measures have helped, but officials warn that a sense of complacency could bring the virus roaring back.
“Normal Is Not in Our Game Plan”: Seattle’s Fight to Survive the Spread of the Coronavirus
As Washington State enforces measures to slow the virus’s spread, the toll in Seattle’s service industry is clear, with boarded-up bars and restaurants and a surge in unemployment claims.
“Normal Is Not in Our Game Plan”: Seattle’s Fight to Survive the Spread of the Coronavirus
As Washington State enforces measures to slow the virus’s spread, the toll in Seattle’s service industry is clear, with boarded-up bars and restaurants and a surge in unemployment claims.
A Week at the Epicenter of America’s Coronavirus Crisis
Seattle residents are used to being in the news for our innovations and, if we’re lucky, for a decent season from the Seahawks. Now we are known as ground zero of a deadly epidemic poised to sweep the continent.