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 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 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 ‘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
Growth Best of 2018: Why do so many new apartment buildings in Seattle look the same? We asked an expert to deconstruct Seattle's new architecture. by Eric Keto / December 29, 2018
Growth Why some Seattle music fans went underground in the ‘90s WATCH: The Teen Dance Ordinance made it prohibitively expensive to put on all-ages shows in the city. by Eric Keto / December 26, 2018
Culture How Seattleites navigated downtown before GPS Getting around was as easy as remembering that "Jesus Christ made Seattle under protest." by Knute Berger & Eric Keto / December 11, 2018
Culture Raising a glass to a beloved Ballard dive bar The People's Pub in Ballard closes its doors on Saturday after 17 years in business. (Photos by Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) by Katy Sewall / August 10, 2017