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
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
Politics Letter from South Africa Spontaneous memorial to Nelson Mandela on a gate to the Parliament building in Cape Town, South Africa. by Eugene Carlson / December 7, 2013
Politics We're electing Obama today. ZZZZZZ It's Electoral College day, in case you somehow missed it. by Eugene Carlson / December 15, 2008
Politics The Fed's intervention in AIG: possibly a stroke of genius by the White House "Make no mistake," as the politicians like to say. They'll be discussing, and debating, the AIG takeover for the rest of all our lives, and beyond. The past two weeks, beginning with the takeover of... by Eugene Carlson / September 17, 2008
Politics A hurricane blows away bad news Hurricane Gustav. (NOAA) by Eugene Carlson / September 1, 2008
Politics Who loves our presidential election marathon? Norwegians Wegger Chr. Strommen. (Royal Norwegian Embassy) by Eugene Carlson / May 2, 2008
Politics The Clintons' mighty morphin' Seattle-based hedge fund Quellos Group was bought by BlackRock in 2007. by Eugene Carlson / April 5, 2008
