Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Equity Plastics: Can't live with 'em, can't do without Sea birds off the coast of Mauritania. by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 10, 2013
Politics While citizens are told to have courage, Metro ducks Metro Transit accepts ads but decided against controversial ones criticizing Israel. by Daniel Jack Chasan / November 9, 2011
Culture Twain's 'Huck Finn' transcends its time and prejudice Mark Twain, having breakfast in Olympia on Aug. 11, 1895 by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 17, 2011
Politics A legal hot potato: Should felons vote? Jay Inslee, left, and Rob McKenna at a debate. by Daniel Jack Chasan / February 3, 2010
