News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Environment Oregon Democrats try to learn from British Columbia’s carbon tax B.C.’s tax was backed by conservatives and cut emissions without harming rural communities. Can it work elsewhere? by Erik Neumann / May 13, 2021
Culture Mountains to Sound Greenway tackles one of its toughest links: Seattle The Mountains to Sound Greenway. by Erik Neumann / September 26, 2011
Culture Summit aims to help parents deal with schools Cleveland High School is the site of a parents summit on Saturday (Aug. 20). by Erik Neumann / August 18, 2011
Culture The 2012 question: will Latinos make a difference in McKenna-Inslee race? The Washington state governor's race looks tight, making emerging electoral groups more important than ever. by Erik Neumann / August 5, 2011
Culture An odd-duck singing style with one foot in the grave The Sacred Harp songbook includes notes in four shapes, not typical ovals by Erik Neumann / January 26, 2010
Tech Why housing costs should scare tech workers too A Google bus protest in San Francisco. by Ethan Phelps-Goodman / May 2, 2014
Despite perceptions, housing production down in 2015, single family home construction up A red crane against a blue sky by Ethan Phelps-Goodman / December 29, 2015