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Kevin Stuckey speaking at Crosscut Festival
News

How will the new hardline leader of the Seattle police union change its place in the labor community?

Before losing in a landslide election this week, president Kevin Stuckey prioritized close ties with the King County Labor Council.

by
  • David Kroman
/ February 7, 2020
Opinion

Magnolia's private surveillance system: Good for Amazon packages, bad for people of color

There are sensible solutions to neighborhood safety. Racist surveillance isn't one.

by
  • Sophia Nicholson-Keener
/ January 31, 2020
Outside of a court building
News

Washington state looks to end ICE courthouse arrests

A bill under consideration in Olympia would also require federal immigration agents to check in before entering a courthouse.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ January 31, 2020
News

Memo shows border officers were directed to stop Iranian Americans at Canada border, despite agency’s claims

‘Updated procedures’ from the Seattle field office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection told agents to also detain people with ties to Palestine and Lebanon, and to ask about their religion.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
Updated on Thurs. Jan. 30, 2:25 p.m.
/ January 30, 2020
A group of youth plaintiffs stand in front of the Supreme Courthouse in suits, with one young woman giving a speech behind a teal poster.
Environment

The kids who sued the U.S. over climate change and lost aren't giving up

Despite setbacks, the young activists behind the landmark suit say they'll continue their court battle to enforce climate mitigation.

by
  • Hannah Weinberger
/ January 29, 2020
Family embrace near crime scene
Opinion

Compassion and public safety must coexist to solve Third Avenue's crime problem

Five things we should do to protect the public from chronic crime and persistent offenders in the popular downtown corridor.

by
  • Tim Burgess
/ January 28, 2020
Equity

State Patrol under pressure to examine bias in traffic stops following investigation

Officials have not filed a report since 2009 that examines the race and ethnicity of drivers who troopers stop and search.

by
  • Jason Buch
InvestigateWest
/ January 28, 2020
Sign on lawmaker's office door
Politics

Lawmakers are going paperless in Olympia, but it’s not really about saving trees

Confusion over the Public Records Act has Washington lawmakers adopting new practices that may or may not have anything to do with the actual law.

by
  • Melissa Santos
/ January 24, 2020 /
Updated 1:35 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24
Politics

Washington could become the next state to ban private prisons

Last year, California banned private detention centers and was promptly sued. Now Washington state legislators are considering a similar ban. 

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ January 23, 2020
Matt Shea
Opinion

Voters — not a Democratic majority — should decide Rep. Matt Shea's future

The problem with expelling an alleged domestic terrorist? He could be reelected.

by
  • John Carlson
/ January 14, 2020 /
Updated at 9:32 Jan. 16, 2020
A person's crossed hands
Politics

An Iranian-born woman held at the Canadian border for 11 hours tells her story

The Bellevue woman, who works for Microsoft, was held by U.S. Border Patrol with dozens of others.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ January 7, 2020
Alberto and Eliana Macias
Opinion

Voting rights, representation and the future of democracy in the nation's fruit basket

Yakima's population is nearly half Latinx, yet it took a tumultuous voting rights battle to open the door to more Latinx elected officials. Now the city council has just one.

by
  • Nikkita Oliver
/ January 7, 2020 /
Updated at 11:43 Jan. 7, 2020
Joe McCarthy
Opinion

When Joe McCarthy came to Seattle

A new documentary highlights the late senator's demagogic legacy, just as it dovetails with Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.

by
  • Peter Jackson
/ January 6, 2020
A woman puts her ballot into a ballot box
Opinion

King County's political isolation is the story of 2019

The county remains a liberal bastion, but conservative ideas are thriving elsewhere across Washington state.

by
  • John Carlson
/ December 27, 2019
Equity

Calling it a 'trap,' Washington sues to stop ICE from arresting people at courthouses

Since 2017, ICE and Border Patrol have arrested hundreds of immigrants in approximately 20 counties across Washington state.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ December 17, 2019
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