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
Politics NW Urban: Art and history remake Tacoma The Tacoma Art Museum: Ground zero for urban revolution. by Ray Gastil / August 14, 2013
Intiman's 'Hedda Gabler': You better believe Marya Sea Kaminski as Hedda by Ray Gastil / July 16, 2012
Culture Shaw's churning and authentic mind lives on in 'Arms and the Man' Anne Kennedy Brady as Raina and Ryan Childers as Sergius in 'Arms and the Man.' by Ray Gastil / May 24, 2011
Taking chamber music to the clubs Chiara String Quartet: many venues. by Ray Gastil / February 12, 2011
A contemporary spin on 'The Scarlet Letter' Izabel Mar as Pearl and Zabryna Guevara as Hester in Intiman Theatre's 'Scarlet Letter.' by Ray Gastil / November 8, 2010