Equity
'We just want to work': Washington farmworkers say enough to sexual assault
New bilingual curriculum targets Washington growers and farm managers in stopping harassment.
Emily McCarty
Emily McCarty is formerly a reporter for Crosscut, where she covered central Washington. Before Crosscut, she spent time in Canada covering Indigenous issues, disability, and gender. She has
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One-third of Washington's rural hospitals are at risk. What will happen if they close?
These hospitals can mean the difference between life and death.
Inside Cascade PBS
A call for ballot clarity from an unlikely part of Washington
Crosscut Central Washington reporter Emily McCarty tells us what she found in rural, conservative Garfield County where seniors could lose critical transportation in the wake of I-976.
politics
Why this conservative, rural county is joining the legal battle against Washington's I-976
Garfield County voters helped pass the initiative for $30 car tabs. But its elected officials are worried they'll lose their entire transit system as a result.
Equity
As homeless Washingtonians near the end of life, hospice workers offer comfort wherever needed
Social workers, doctors, and nurses meet patients in untraditional settings, including tents, vans and shelters.