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Environment

'We're literally invisible': How better data could help advocates for missing or murdered Native women

Native women disappear and are murdered at alarming rates, but many aren't even accounted for. By hosting community data-gathering events, the Seattle Indian Health Board hopes to address the crisis.

by
  • Manola Secaira
/ July 23, 2019
Equity

After fatal police shooting at detention center, Tacoma city leaders face criticism from within

A city commission argues that the Northwest Detention Center ‘endangers lives’ of staff, law enforcement, community members and detainees.

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  • Lilly Fowler
/ July 17, 2019
Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

Podcast | How Washington’s attorney general keeps beating Trump

Season
1
,
Episode
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/ July 16, 2019

Bob Ferguson underestimated the president once. He tells journalist Emily Bazelon why that will not happen again. 

Opinion

Undocumented and afraid: 'I don’t know how else to beg to be seen'

A local writer reflects on fear, family and fatigue as the Trump administration prepares to mount deportation raids in cities across the country.

by
  • Anonymous
/ July 12, 2019
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Opinion

The critical, overlooked history of WA's prison abolition movement

In Washington state, abolitionists have succeeded in shrinking the scope of state punishment and making prisons more humane. But their work is far from done.

by
  • Dan Berger
/ July 12, 2019
News

Sheriff's office gave info to ICE, violating King County's sanctuary policy

Immigration officials were provided names and given access to other information of people under arrest. The sheriff's office claims it was all a mistake.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ July 9, 2019 /
Updated on Thursday, July 11 at 4:40 p.m.
Opinion

On building immunity against the temptations of war

As the U.S. once again lurches toward an unnecessary war, we must remember our past mistakes risking the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under false pretenses.

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  • Lola E. Peters
/ July 4, 2019
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Opinion

50 years on, the radical promise of Stonewall is still unmet

The LGBTQ community has made enormous progress in the fight for equality, but a long road still lies ahead.

by
  • Samantha Allen
/ June 28, 2019
Opinion

Who are the missing Native women and how do we find them?

A new report by the Washington State Patrol documented 20 missing Indigenous women cases in Yakima County, the most in the state. A scholar and Yakama tribal member reflects on the dire situation. 

by
  • Emily Washines
/ June 20, 2019 /
Updated at 9:30 a.m. August 15, 2019
Arlene's Flowers is shown in Richland in 2013.
News

Why WA’s gay-wedding case is turning out differently than Colorado’s

Both the Arlene’s Flowers and Masterpiece Cakeshop court battles involve business owners who wouldn't serve same-sex couples. But the legal underpinnings are quite different. 

by
  • Melissa Santos
/ June 7, 2019
News

Seattle’s fight to tax the rich returns to court

Almost two years after the council passed the tax it has its day in state court of appeals. 

by
  • David Kroman
/ June 6, 2019
Mossback and Beriah Brown splitshot
Culture

Meet the Seattle mayor with a secret white supremacist past

He also founded the city’s first daily newspaper.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ June 5, 2019
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Growth

It's going to get harder to evict people in WA. Will that reduce homelessness?

New eviction laws cap late fees and give tenants 14 days to pay back rent, among other protections. 

by
  • Josh Cohen
/ June 4, 2019
News

Student journalists sue WWU for withholding sexual assault records

Western Washington University officials say that state law exempts them from releasing the names of students found responsible for sexual assault. The reporters and their legal counsel disagree.

by
  • Liz Brazile
/ May 31, 2019
Politics

Controversy and security concerns follow Ilhan Omar to Bellevue

Wherever Rep. Ilhan Omar goes, layers of security follow. The freshman congresswoman’s visit to Washington state on Saturday was no exception.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ May 26, 2019 /
Updated Tuesday, May 28 at 11:35 a.m.
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