Equity
As kinship caregivers struggle, Washington’s foster care system benefits
A crisis festers while family members who care for neglected kids receive little support from the state.
Allegra Abramo
Allegra is a freelance writer whose stories and photos have appeared in ProPublica, NBCNews.com, InvestigateWest, and other local and national outlets.
Latest work
Environment
Sailing soon: an Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry
Washington is poised to embark on an experiment in electric car ferries that could eventually transform the largest ferry fleet
Environment
Hungry and disappearing: Is the orcas' future already here?
Every day this summer, Jeanne Hyde scanned the waters off the west side of San Juan Island, hoping that the
politics
Five years after Sandy Hook, what is Washington doing about guns?
Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut,
Environment
Slower ships: A saving grace for orcas?
To the human eye, big ships cruising along the west side of San Juan Island this summer might have looked