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
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
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
Opinion Militarized and afraid at Seattle protests At demonstrations here and across America, police and protesters face two fundamentally unequal fears. by Mason Bryan / July 7, 2020
Inside Crosscut Why Crosscut is reminding readers about the 1918 flu The last great pandemic hit the Pacific Northwest a century ago. It should inform how we think about the coronavirus. by Mason Bryan / May 19, 2020
Opinion It's not so hard to imagine a life without police Like many white Americans, I grew up unencumbered by the punitive presence of law enforcement. Black Americans deserve this, too. by Mason Bryan / June 15, 2020
Opinion White innocence is a fantasy. Here's how I'm confronting it The killing of George Floyd presents yet another opportunity for white self-reckoning. by Mason Bryan / May 29, 2020
Inside Crosscut Mid-pandemic, we gathered ideas to help save Washington From helping child care workers to taxing wealth, Crosscut contributors made their case for softening the blow of the pandemic's economic consequences. by Mason Bryan / April 28, 2020
Inside Crosscut Why Washingtonians deserve a closer look at their democracy Ahead of the 2020 election, Crosscut contributors helped us examine the current state of our democracy. by Mason Bryan / October 27, 2020