Politics Should cops be involved in all Washington human trafficking cases? Some advocates say that legislation requiring law enforcement endangers survivors at risk of retaliation. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / January 22, 2024
Inside Crosscut Reporting on Seattle’s Black arts spaces, past and present Black Arts Legacies podcast host Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers explores the Central District as both a foundational art hub and the neighborhood she now calls home. by Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers / June 28, 2022
Indigenous Affairs How the case of a missing Indigenous teen fell through the cracks No one was looking for Kit Nelson-Mora, despite warning signs, until a friend contacted police over a year after their disappearance in Omak. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / February 14, 2024
News WA school districts aren’t following up on their truant students Laws on unexcused absences are meant to keep kids safe, but a lack of resources and fear of court have kept districts from completing necessary steps. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 5, 2024
News WA courts are meant to fine convicted sex buyers. Most don’t Courts could have collected over $2.5 million in fees in the past decade, which would have gone to programs to alleviate trafficking. Why didn’t they? by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 25, 2024
Culture Playing well with others Guerilla gardeners planting vegetables in Calgary. (Grant Neufeld) by Geri Larkin / November 17, 2008
Culture In the garden: apples and generosity A page from <i>Medizinal Pflanzen</i> (Koehler's <i>Medicinal-Plants</i>), which was published in 1887 in Gera, Germany. by Geri Larkin / October 9, 2008
Culture Garlic tells a story William Woodville, <i>Medical botany</i>. London, James Phillips, 1793, Vol. 3, Plate 168: <i>Allium sativum</i>. by Geri Larkin / October 6, 2008
Culture Banished from the garden: yellowjackets A yellowjacket queen. (Wikipedia contributor <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pollinator'>Pollinator</a>) by Geri Larkin / September 30, 2008