Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Tech Seattle: more than ever a poetry center Several events this month suggest the depth of Seattle's writing talent, and raise questions about why there is so much good poetry here. by KaschaSemonovitch / April 2, 2012
Dreamy Eastside exhibits upstage Seattle arts scene Margarita Cabrera's Vocho at the Bellevue Art Museum. by KaschaSemonovitch / October 5, 2011
Equity Eat tacos, fund the arts: a new hyper-local approach in Seattle Sprout is a local dinner, including locally sourced foods, where people dine and vote on funding for arts projects. by KaschaSemonovitch / August 21, 2011
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Daring Frye exhibit makes reverence out of the mundane Isaac Layman. Untitled, 2011. Photographic construction, ink-jet on paper. 59 x 78 in. by KaschaSemonovitch / November 28, 2011
Culture Seattle's fall art scene delves into design A 2009 Susie J. Lee show, Ghost Light, at the Moore Theatre. by KaschaSemonovitch / September 21, 2011