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
Modernism in architecture: No exit? Seattle Central Public Library, Wikimedia Commons, user Moody75. by stuartsilk / September 16, 2012
Why 'Billy Elliot' was better as a film Lex Ishimoto performs 'Angry Dance' in 'Billy Elliot.' by jeanlenihan / March 25, 2011
Culture True joy with PNB at the Opera House this week PNB principal dancers Karel Cruz and Carla Körbes in 'Concerto DSCH,' part of 'Contemporary 4.' by jeanlenihan / March 19, 2011
'Black Swan' gets its history right Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" by jeanlenihan / February 26, 2011