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 Best of 2011: What would real reform of Seattle police practices look like? Seattle and Portland police have been more aggressive than many departments in addressing juvenile prostitution cases. by Kent Kammerer / December 28, 2011
Politics Seattle's car tabs: Will residents get their money's worth? A bicyclist heads south on University Bridge by Kent Kammerer / October 25, 2011
Politics Education reform: the whole child left behind A classroom in the Laotian school in Ban Na Muang. by Kent Kammerer / August 8, 2011
Tech Seattle's blogs: quirky, fun spots for lazy summer days Street style, gardens, and The Ramen Rater are a few of my new favorites. by Jessica Alberg / August 4, 2011
Culture Bainbridge remembers the Japanese American expulsion on Saturday Japanese American residents of Bainbridge Island board a ferry on the first day of the Japanese internment. by Jessica Alberg / August 3, 2011