Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Politics Blue-state musings from a red-state woman The vote was rocked. by Lisa Brunette / December 4, 2008
Politics Ballard natives for Rossi, and other signs of the times Change taking place in one Seattle neighborhood, as seen on election day. by Lisa Brunette / November 4, 2008
Politics ACORN's bad seeds The Republicans didn't need to manufacture a voting scandal to hang on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Besides sloppy voter registration — not actual vote fraud — the... by Lisa Brunette / October 24, 2008
Culture Growing up without newspapers Sixth of a series: The youngest member of the Crosscut editorial team weighs in. by Lisa Brunette / April 10, 2008
Equity For homeless women, an alternative to couch-surfing Susan Fox, executive director of Jubilee Women's Center in Seattle. by Lisa Brunette / October 18, 2007
