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Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for parents in poverty. WA is pushing to change the practice.

Hundreds of families owe the state a total of $1.1 million in outstanding detention fees, a practice made legal in WA 45 years ago.

Some want the young teen who killed a man with a car to be tried as an adult. Here's why I think they're wrong.

Echo Glen School is still one of the worst performing schools in the state. We’re not doing enough to change that.

Poor outcomes and disproportionate impacts on kids of color have propelled a once-fringe idea into the mainstream in Washington state.

A lawsuit claims three teenagers were handcuffed while in isolation, violating the state’s own policies and raising profound moral questions.

With the Monschke decision, the state Supreme Court expanded the definition of youth in murder cases. No other court has done so.

Research shows that the chronic stress of racism takes a toll on the body and leads to worse health outcomes.

Medical study participants tend to be white, educated, and wealthier than the general population. That has negative implications for research.

Underrepresented groups still face numerous obstacles to access the medical field, including admissions practices and legislation.