Environment Skagit dams in crosshairs of renewed push to save salmon, orcas With Seattle’s power supply in the balance, tribes and activists are demanding changes to how Seattle City Light’s dams are run. by Lester Black High Country News / July 26, 2021
Opinion King County prosecutor’s ‘progressive’ reputation is lipstick on a pig Washington courts have ruled against sentencing children as though they were adults. So why are local prosecutors asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider those rulings? by Nikkita Oliver & Jessica Rock & Martina Kartman & Karisa Morikawa / January 29, 2021
Opinion Toppling John Muir from Sierra Club is not enough To overcome a violent history of exclusion, the nation's "green ecosystem" will need to do more than acknowledge past sins. by Glenn Nelson / August 21, 2020
Opinion The movement to defund Seattle police is not a personal attack Chief Carmen Best's resignation must not distract from the work of overhauling public safety and investing in Black communities. by Nikkita Oliver / August 20, 2020
Opinion Empower King County youth to invoke their rights with police Young people too often waive their Miranda rights during encounters with law enforcement. We need to fix that. by Nikkita Oliver & Dominique Davis & Sean Goode / August 13, 2020
Opinion Joe Biden shouldn't assume he has my vote The Democratic candidate for the presidency makes assumptions about me and other voters of color at his own peril. by Glenn Nelson / June 25, 2020
Opinion King County's COVID-19 quarantine plan disrespects communities of color The county's plan to open quarantine sites in Kent and White Center exposes the fissures already present in our society. by Glenn Nelson / March 11, 2020
Opinion A 'trail of ghosts' in Seattle, 78 years after Japanese incarceration On this Day of Remembrance, Japanese Americans help ask who gets to identify as American today. by Glenn Nelson / February 19, 2020
Opinion King County's new youth jail and the false promise of 'zero youth detention' The county named for Martin Luther King Jr. is investing vast amounts of money in a facility intended to incarcerate children. by Nikkita Oliver / February 11, 2020
Opinion The Kobe Bryant I knew A former NBA writer reflects on the Black Mamba's greatness, days after his tragic death. by Glenn Nelson / January 28, 2020
