Politics McGinn, SPD show off confiscated May Day weapons Zoe Gillespie by Alison Sargent / May 2, 2012
Seattle Weekender: Nifty youth films, songs inspired by Seuss, and a polar bear dance party A polar bear dances at Funk the War, a dance party protest in Washington DC by Alison Sargent / April 26, 2012
Another Occupy movement rears its head at Westlake A King County sheriff surveys the scene next to the Occupy information booth recently. by Alison Sargent / April 24, 2012
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Culture The Weekender: Sarah Vowell, Hip-hop for the Homeless, and The Devil v. C.S. Lewis Sarah Vowell at a 2009 book signing in San Francisco. by Alison Sargent / March 8, 2012
Tech Seattle Weekender: Futuristic physics, femmes on film, and Seattle's best grub Michio Kaku by Alison Sargent / February 23, 2012