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
Culture Moving the fence around marriage: the conscience of a Catholic senator State Sen. Debbie Regala by JulieGunter / September 6, 2012
Culture Best of 2012: Marriage equality and the conscience of a Catholic senator Sen. Debbie Regala by JulieGunter / December 30, 2012
Seattle tests a new cure for pediatric leukemia Dr. Michael Jensen, director, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, at work in his lab. by JulieGunter / December 13, 2012
Politics Censured but still outspoken: A Republican legislator stands up for marriage equity Maureen Walsh in an ad supporting Referendum 74 by JulieGunter / October 23, 2012
Equity Lake City's flex-shelters could change the way we see the homeless With old Firehouse 39 in Lake City shuttered to the homeless this winter, nearby churches came together to provide a rotating shelter in its place. Could small-scale, ecumenical response transform the... by JulieGunter / March 3, 2013
Opinion Forget the head tax, we need a robot tax Bill Gates first introduced the idea for a levy on robots that replace human employees. Seattle should consider it. by Ross Cohen / June 14, 2018