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 Oil spill's challenges engulf NOAA Seattle team Drill ships and support vessels at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, May 26. by Ross Anderson / May 27, 2010
Politics Michelle Malkin’s journey from ideas to tribes Michelle Malkin by Ross Anderson / November 5, 2009
Politics All the news that ain't A recovering campaign reporter witnesses the demise of journalistic objectivity, and wonders what will replace it. by Ross Anderson / November 5, 2008
Politics The big shakedown: Going after a conspiracy The King County Courthouse (then known as the City-County Building), left, and Seattle Public Safety Building (police headquarters), right, in 1955. This is looking south on Fourth Avenue. (Seattle... by Ross Anderson / June 8, 2008
Politics The big shakedown: Seattle's legacy of crooked cops Pioneer Square, 1963. by Ross Anderson / June 5, 2008
Politics Remembering Bobby: What if Robert F. Kennedy. (Library of Congress) by Ross Anderson / June 4, 2008