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 Pacific trade deal shows Democratic divisions on economy Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama have been working on a Pacific trade deal. by Ted Van Dyk / May 9, 2015
Politics Obama speech: Already a bittersweet aura around his presidency President Barack Obama delivering the 2015 State of the Union by Ted Van Dyk / January 21, 2015
Politics Seattle loses Dr. William Gerberding, a great civic leader Dr. William Gerberding, then-UW president, speaks at a YMCA Spring Friday Forum in 1978. by Ted Van Dyk / December 30, 2014
Politics White House fever: Contenders galore for 2016 Sally Jewell accepting Interior Secretary nomination by Ted Van Dyk / December 18, 2014
Politics What Veterans Day and the Berlin Wall share Marines march in New York in observance of Veterans Day. by Ted Van Dyk / November 12, 2014
