News A foster system paradox: Parents billed for care of their children Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for parents in poverty. WA is pushing to change the practice. by Claudia Rowe / March 22, 2022
Equity WA officials want to end fees charged to parents for kids' jail time Hundreds of families owe the state a total of $1.1 million in outstanding detention fees, a practice made legal in WA 45 years ago. by Claudia Rowe / February 10, 2022
Opinion In Maple Valley hit-and-run case, revenge isn’t the answer Some want the young teen who killed a man with a car to be tried as an adult. Here's why I think they're wrong. by Claudia Rowe / October 12, 2021 / Updated on Nov. 2, 2021 at 4:06 pm
Opinion Why I’m holding my applause for Washington’s new foster care law It’s laudable that the state law focuses on preventing family separations, but is it enough? by Claudia Rowe / May 11, 2021
Opinion Let’s not squander the chance to reimagine education in Washington state Our state is long overdue for an injection of creative thinking to solve our education woes. by Claudia Rowe / March 18, 2021
Growth Best of 2018: Why do so many new apartment buildings in Seattle look the same? We asked an expert to deconstruct Seattle's new architecture. by Eric Keto / December 29, 2018
Politics When Seattle just said ‘no’ Video: Three instances where visions of the future ran up against the Seattle Process. by Eric Keto & Knute Berger / October 16, 2018
Growth Why do so many new apartment buildings in Seattle look the same? We asked an expert to deconstruct Seattle's new architecture. by Eric Keto / August 15, 2018
Equity Separated at the border, mother and son reunite at Sea-Tac VIDEO: Yolany Padilla, one of 55 parents detained in Washington, was the first parent to be released and reunited with her 6-year-old son. by Lilly Fowler & Eric Keto / July 14, 2018
Equity When the ‘American Hitler’ came to Washington Knute Berger explores the dark history of the Silver Shirts, a fascist splinter group that fielded a presidential candidate in 1936. by Eric Keto & Knute Berger / May 29, 2018
