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 As support for a business tax in King County builds, should progressives celebrate? Suddenly Amazon and other corporate backers are willing to make a concession — but only to avoid a larger one. by Katie Wilson / February 5, 2020
Opinion The anti-Bezos may be coming, but he won’t save us More than benevolent billionaires, what we really need is democracy. by Katie Wilson / January 29, 2020
Opinion For decades, Paul Dorpat chronicled — and lived out — Seattle's weirdness The prolific local historian talks art, counterculture, and the importance of knowing the history of where you live. by Katie Wilson / January 22, 2020
Opinion Who’s afraid of rent control? The history and politics of making rent less damn high, in Seattle and beyond. by Katie Wilson / January 6, 2020
Opinion The decade progressives started fighting for themselves Seattleites of the future will remember the 2010s for the first stirrings of a new movement. by Katie Wilson / December 26, 2019
Opinion Odd jobs in The Emerald City Looking back on my first year in Seattle, it's the work that comes back. by Katie Wilson / December 17, 2019