Equity
New WA law helps Native voters this election. Is it enough?
Washington lawmakers passed the Native American Voting Rights Act last year, but they couldn't have expected the pandemic and wildfires to come.
Manola Secaira
Manola Secaira is formerly a reporter for Crosscut, where she covered Native communities, the changing region and environmental justice. Before Crosscut, she interned at a variety of local pu
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Already stigmatized, sex workers have fewer choices in a pandemic
For years, sex workers have struggled to find safe work under tighter federal regulations. Coronavirus made that worse.
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Remote learning spells uncertainty for school bus drivers
Washington schools are reinventing what it means to be a bus driver — or deciding whether they can keep them at all.
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With Canadian border closed, Port Angeles businesses worry for the future
Without foreign travelers, the Coho Ferry is closed — and the town around it is holding its breath.
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WA school mascot draws Native family into decades-long fight
A Vancouver high school has had a “Chieftain” mascot since the 1960s. Students who've criticized it hope the latest challenge will be the last.