Opinion How the Honest Ads Act could harm grassroots advocacy The new bill has the potential to harm the sort of earnest local advocates whom Sens. Cantwell and Murray would otherwise seek to protect. by Nate Christiansen / January 22, 2018
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
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
Opinion Taxpayer money will defend Sawant, but that could’ve been avoided Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant during a meeting in the council chambers at City Hall. by Nate Christiansen / October 31, 2017
Opinion In Seattle, restaurants have to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Let’s fix that Seattle restaurants would've had to serve Trump's aide because of a law that prohibits discriminating against political beliefs. by Nate Christiansen / July 3, 2018
Opinion A gym banned a white supremacist, but Seattle law is on his side NW Fitness Project may have illegally discriminated against Greg Johnson when they banned him, at least according to an ill-thought Seattle law. by Nate Christiansen / February 14, 2018
Environment Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to trim carbon emissions by 2030 Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more. by Peter Fairley / April 30, 2021