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
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
Equity My best friend, the 'illegal immigrant' Hugo Kugiya (bottom row, third from the left) and his friend Tony (bottom row, very end of left side) in first grade. by Hugo Kugiya / June 3, 2013
Culture Public TV, Hugh Jackman, Bellevue: Korean food goes mainstream Oma Bap in Bellevue by Hugo Kugiya / November 29, 2011
Culture World's love of Chinese food takes a unique turn in Redmond Inchin serves food that people who grew up in India remember as the type served in Chinese restaurants there. by Hugo Kugiya / July 5, 2011
Culture Sweet Bones barbecue: a tasty tribute to good, old-fashioned labor The aroma from Sweet Bones' smoker wafts through the neighborhood. by Hugo Kugiya / May 26, 2011
Culture With Thai restaurants everywhere, why are authentic 'boat noodles' so hard to find? Noodles or nails, take your pick. Noodle Boat restaurant sits in a strip mall in Issaquah. by Hugo Kugiya / March 17, 2011
Equity Ideal Network: social marketing, with a societal purpose Ideal Network co-founder Ronny Bell. by Hugo Kugiya / March 1, 2011
