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From spreading misinformation to doubting experts, the President's actions put Americans at risk.

Washington state government’s financial contribution reflects the priority officials place on seismic public safety, which is zero, nada, nothing.

A brick building damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

A recent storm, which proved less damaging than feared, provided the first chance to test regional preparedness since a 2006 windstorm.

Damage at the modern Sendai airport after the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster of 2011: No use planning for something like that here, right?

Legislative caucuses are off limits to the press and public, including anthropologists.

State Sen. Andy Hill, a prototypical Washington legislator: white, male, well-educated and well to do. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Laws about taxing or not taxing online sales are an example of a cultural invention that dictates the way we view and behave in the "real" world.

Facial expressions and posture send signals about relationships and power dynamics.

An anthropologist in the capital, studying state lawmakers in their natural habitat.