Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Politics An undocumented nurse has a message for Donald Trump Twenty-four-year-old Jessica Esparza says it wasn’t easy to come to the United States. She was bullied because she spoke broken English, and she had to adjust to an entirely new culture. by Enrique Cerna / December 13, 2017
Equity Before Occupy Wall St., there was Seattle's Gang of Four (Top row, left to right) Larry Gossett and Bob Santos, (Bottom row, left to right) Roberto Maestas and Bernie Whitebear. by Enrique Cerna / September 17, 2017
Equity Being black in Trump’s America Seattle Times writer Tyrone Beason by Enrique Cerna / March 12, 2017
Politics Former Seattle Chief: Are police really 'protecting and serving'? by Enrique Cerna / July 25, 2016
