Investigations WA intercepts millions in child support for low-income families In 2022, the state took over $40 million meant for impoverished children. A bipartisan bill could redirect a portion of future payments to families. by Brandon Block / January 25, 2024
Investigations WA health officials throw away millions of pandemic supplies Masks, gowns, gloves and more: States are culling their expired stockpiles, but medical experts say the waste shows a system unprepared for disasters. by Brandon Block / February 23, 2024
Investigations WA spent $500M to help small, minority businesses. Did it work? A Crosscut analysis of Working Washington grants found mixed results on equity initiatives and millions for large chains or franchises. by Brandon Block / October 18, 2023 / Updated at 6 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2023
Investigations Why have Washington eviction cases doubled in the past six months? Billions in federal pandemic aid masked dysfunction in the rental market. But that money is gone — along with some legal protections. by Brandon Block / November 28, 2023
Investigations Q&A: WA’s broadband director on the $1.2B expansion challenge ahead As Mark Vasconi prepares to retire, he outlines how the state can invest historic federal aid in connecting rural communities left out of past efforts. by Brandon Block / December 14, 2023
Equity Art and politics meet at Seattle's Franklin High School WATCH: Today's youth activists pay tribute to their Black Panther forebears with a 40-foot mural. by Jen Dev / December 20, 2018
Growth Can light rail expand without displacing low-income residents? Sound Transit believes it can. by Jen Dev / November 27, 2018
Equity In Seattle, school segregation is actually getting worse It's been 40 years since Seattle schools first tried — and failed — to integrate. Today, data suggest segregation persists across the district by Jen Dev & Liz Brazile / March 28, 2019
Equity Healing Black trans people through a new kind of faith With the Black Trans Prayer Book, poet and educator J Mase III is spreading hope. by Jen Dev / March 22, 2019
Equity A Trump policy puts the lives of Vietnamese refugees at risk Mansur Sulayman hasn't been to Vietnam in 40 years. The U.S. wants to deport him back. by Jen Dev / February 7, 2019