Politics An elegy for straight-shooting Charlie Chong Charlie Chong, 1926-2007. by Kent Kammerer / April 29, 2007
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
Culture When we push out the down-and-out, what kind of city are we? The RVs show up in neighborhoods, park for a few days, and then move on by Kent Kammerer / August 15, 2007
Politics We're spending too much on fancy school buildings Seattle is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate schools – and they need renovating. But the resulting extravagance seems out of scale given the basic challenges today of simply... by Kent Kammerer / October 26, 2007
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
On climate: We’ll always have Paris Seattle President Donald Trump talks about the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House. by Clayton Aldern / June 3, 2017
Politics In Obama's farewell, a hint of something new President Barack Obama waves as he take the stage to speak during his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. by Clayton Aldern / January 10, 2017
Environment How climate change is messing with your mind Climate change is messing with our skyline and our minds. by Clayton Aldern / August 28, 2018