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 Apologize for America? Hey, it can be useful Flip Side: Maybe we want to lord it over a small country, right? Go right ahead, but let's apologize, too. by Steve Clifford / October 20, 2012
Culture Flip Side: How would Jesus vote? Jesus cleansing the temple: out, you dastardly government bureaucrats! by Steve Clifford / September 24, 2012
Culture Ready. Set. You're fired! New York Daily News cover on Oct. 31 showing the massive drill that pierced a subway tunnel. by Steve Clifford / September 19, 2012
Culture Clifford jumps into the presidential race as an un-candidate Steve Clifford, proprietor of Flip Side by Steve Clifford / September 9, 2012
Culture Bain economics for dummies Stacks of money can be yours, without having to risk your own. by Steve Clifford / September 3, 2012
