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
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 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
A great night of four West Coast dance companies From San Francisco Ballet's performance of Helgi Tomasson'ꀙs <i>Concerto Grosso.</i> by Stephen Marc Beaudoin / May 19, 2008
Meet the dynamos who make Portland's art music snap and crackle Ryan Heller, conductor of the Portland Vocal Consort chamber choir and the Southwest Washington Symphony. by Stephen Marc Beaudoin / May 9, 2008
Two more promising new arts groups in Portland The Portland Vocal Consort during rehearsals. by Stephen Marc Beaudoin / March 11, 2008
Culture Portland music: one hit and one miss The Oregon Symphony at work. (Oregon Symphony) by Stephen Marc Beaudoin / February 14, 2008
Tech Portland becomes a hot city for opera Angela Niederloh as Cinderella in Portland Opera's <i>La Cenerentola</i>. (Cory Weaver) by Stephen Marc Beaudoin / December 12, 2007
