News Calls, texts to helplines surge amid COVID-19 Over the course of the stay-at-home order, the federal Disaster Distress Hotline alone has seen calls from Washington state increase sevenfold. by Dean Russell & Jamie Smith Hopkins & Sally Deneen InvestigateWest / April 24, 2020
Opinion What Howard Schultz's coffee order says about his presidential bid An ex-barista questions the former Starbucks CEO's qualifications to run the free world. by Mason Bryan / January 31, 2019
Politics Undergrads for Kavanaugh raise a pint in Seattle Claiming the confirmation fight has emboldened the right, the UW students believe the whole affair will be forgotten “real fast.” by Mason Bryan / October 7, 2018
Politics Sick of living in poverty, UW student employees walk out Some 4,500 student employees at the University of Washington stage a one-day strike. by Mason Bryan / May 16, 2018
Politics Is a strike looming at the University of Washington? As the April 30 contract negotiation deadline approaches, academic student employees are weighing the possibility of a strike. by Mason Bryan / April 18, 2018
Politics UW could become 6th campus nationwide with a postdoc union Some university researchers have passed a major hurdle in their quest to unionize by Mason Bryan / March 16, 2018
Environment The environmental wins and losses in Olympia this year Even with Democrats in charge of the Legislature, environmentalists struggled on climate, clean water and orca protection. by Sally Deneen InvestigateWest / March 16, 2018
Politics As time runs out, will lawmakers pass a historic carbon tax this year? The chances of the carbon tax passing are looking better than they ever have. by Sally Deneen InvestigateWest / February 28, 2018
Politics Is the sixth time the charm for Inslee's carbon tax? The 2018 Legislative session is nearing its final two weeks with some key environmental issues still undecided. by Sally Deneen for InvestigateWest / February 20, 2018
Politics Washington's Trump fighter — at Crosscut Fest When President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to prevent travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim nations, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued... by Mason Bryan / January 17, 2018