Culture Seattle’s legacy of student-led resistance Kit Bakke’s new book focuses on the “Seattle Seven” and how their movement during the Nixon years can work now. by Nick Licata / March 27, 2018
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
Opinion Inside the conservative plan to take over city politics Liberals complain that ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) has too much influence in writing laws. by Nick Licata / January 5, 2016
Politics First Avenue: Is a new streetcar the smartest plan? Electric trolley lines can be cheaper to build and operate than streetcars. by Nick Licata / July 8, 2014
Politics Seattle police accountability: What does the public want? Nick Licata by Nick Licata / April 18, 2014
Director Rosa Joshi is mad for Shakespeare Director Rosa Joshi at "Richard II" rehearsals. by Thomas May / January 23, 2014