Investigations Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags The $750,000 pilot program has struggled to meet promises after state officials chose a lobbying firm to build the hotline service from scratch. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / October 25, 2023
Investigations ‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 21, 2023
Investigations Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 14, 2023
Equity How programs for homeless youth pivoted in the pandemic Upended by COVID-19, some service providers went online, took to the road or otherwise found new ways to aid homeless youth and young adults. by Allegra Abramo & Sam Leeds Youth Today / February 7, 2022
Politics We speak for the tree: A neighborhood conservation story Lisa Parriott in her backyard. The Ponderosa Pine is the tall tree just behind her fence. by Tess Riski / January 11, 2017
Politics Brady Walkinshaw leaves politics for … journalism? Brady Piñero Walkinshaw, left, and Chip Giller. by Tess Riski / March 6, 2017
Environment Timber! 'Silent Giant' tree likely to come down A tree referred to by West Seattle residents as the "Silent Giant" will soon be removed from the neighborhood. by Tess Riski / February 20, 2017
Lawyers to city: Hands off vehicles used as homes Vehicles in a temporary city-approved area for people living in their vehicles in February 2016. Many people also live in unapproved spots. by Tess Riski / April 13, 2017
Equity On Aurora Avenue: 'Radical hospitality' High, drunk, gay, trans, sex-worker, drug-dependent, unhoused, all of the above, none of the above, it doesn’t matter; everyone is welcome at the Aurora Commons. by Tess Riski / March 22, 2017