Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
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
Equity A Labor Day story: the cost of a finger lost Inside a Washington shingle mill in the early 20th century. This is in Aloha, Wash. (University of Washington) by Daniel Jack Chasan / August 31, 2008
