The room was as tense as any family get-together. It’s not always that comfortable to hang with relatives, let alone when the occasion is to remember a family member horrifically killed.
This past March, two police officers were standing on either side of the entrance to the firehouse in White Salmon, giving out numbers to count how many people were attending a city council meeting on...
Amazon’s recent announcement that it plans to open a second headquarters “fully equal” to its Seattle campus has triggered a depressingly predictable flood of panic and finger-pointing in the Emerald...
On Saturday morning over coffee I read a summary of Donald Trump’s executive order regarding refugees and immigrants. Then I read the order itself. And then I read it again.
Kim Le mourns her grandson Tommy Le in front of his urn of ashes at Co Lam Pagoda Buddhist Temple in Seattle on Sunday, August 6, 2017. The 20-year-old Vietnamese-American man was shot and killed by...
Last summer, a Seattle police officer called in to say his in-car network was down. No driving or arrest records could be checked. There was no way to pull up any crisis-intervention advice. He couldn...
A’ja is ten years old. Her hair is as black and thick as mine used to be at her age; her skin is just a few shades darker than mine. Her energy, enthusiasm and laughter are electrifying and infectious...
Did we enjoy the year just past? Well, aught-eighteen is here at last. Odds are, you wouldn't lose a bet that it will be the warmest yet. (Just think how anxious we might feel if we thought climate...
On cold nights in a homeless encampment, Shari Wade used to snatch the hot rocks left behind after a fire, wrap them in a blanket and tuck them into her bedding to stay warm. After growing up in the...