Environment A federal program could fix Washington’s salmon-killing culverts It would cost the state about $7.5 billion to repair culverts that violate Indigenous fishing rights, but millions from the U.S. government could help. by Ben Goldfarb Hakai Magazine / April 22, 2024
Culture Remembering the Wobblies, the labor union radicals of the early 1900s In a new novel by Jess Walter, the personal and the political collide during a historic, and still relevant, labor battle in Spokane. by Alex Gallo-Brown / December 31, 2020
Opinion The collective power of the pandemic's essential workers As COVID-19 continues claiming lives, many workers remain vulnerable to exposure. Will they fight back by withholding their labor? by Alex Gallo-Brown / May 12, 2020
Culture Can Rainier Beach's Kubota Garden remain a refuge for all? The South Seattle sanctuary is a testament to the power of public space and the promise of racial integration. by Alex Gallo-Brown / November 29, 2019
Opinion What the Seattle General Strike can teach workers today There are lessons we could apply to today's Seattle, which faces many of the same issues of 1919. by Alex Gallo-Brown / January 30, 2019
Opinion The Seattle I thought I knew The Seattle I grew up in was far from perfect, but its recent reaction to the head tax has shaken me to the core. by Alex Gallo-Brown / June 12, 2018
Equity On the Columbia, broken promises for tribal housing Russell Tahkeal walks through the fishing camp at Cooks Landing, Washington. The federal government is legally obligated to maintain these camps. by Ben Goldfarb for High Country News / August 16, 2016
Politics Video: State Democratic delegates feel post-Bernie angst Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. by Robert Mak / July 31, 2016
Politics Washington GOP's week of tumult with Trump Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, as the Republican convention concludes by Robert Mak / July 24, 2016
Politics Video: State GOP gathering shows Trump tensions Delegates at the state Republican Party convention. by Robert Mak / May 21, 2016