Smacking down Seattle overachievers
Maria Semple’s breezy new novel, "Where’d You Go, Bernadette," satirizes Seattle's upscale lifestyle in a headlong romp that's short on plausibility.
Judy Lightfoot
Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
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Culture
Reporting from an Eastside mosque
Understanding the role of women in Islam starts from the inside.
Can you be a human being after prison?
The If Project, helping to change the lives of women offenders and at-risk youth, co-sponsored a special preview of Seattle Public Theater's 'This Wide Night' behind prison walls.
Equity
Racial profiling on Washington’s northern border?
The UW Center for Human Rights and immigrant community advocates at OneAmerica charge that Latino groups live in a climate of fear produced by racial profiling and other Border Patrol practices.
United we bicker? A sharp, hopeful look at U.S. potential
How did We the People dwindle into We the Taxpayers? Author Marilynne Robinson is making waves nationally with her new book about American society and our democratic faith in the potential of every person.