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 Guest Opinion: Real police reform may require new ways of looking at results Seattle police escort a 2009 protest group. by Hubert Locke / May 5, 2015
Politics Alleged North Korean Sony Pictures hack a lesson in corporate decency Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea by Hubert Locke / December 21, 2014
Culture Lessons from Ferguson The fatal shooting of the unarmed teen sparked protests, looting and a whole lot of soul searching about race. by Hubert Locke / August 31, 2014
Director Rosa Joshi is mad for Shakespeare Director Rosa Joshi at "Richard II" rehearsals. by Thomas May / January 23, 2014
Culture Warming up to Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Winter Festival From left to right, Seattle Chamber Music Society members James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Richard O’Neill, and Robert deMaine by Thomas May / January 22, 2014
