Opinion Voting rights, representation and the future of democracy in the nation's fruit basket Yakima's population is nearly half Latinx, yet it took a tumultuous voting rights battle to open the door to more Latinx elected officials. Now the city council has just one. by Nikkita Oliver / January 7, 2020 / Updated at 11:43 Jan. 7, 2020
Opinion Seattle's progress was at a standstill in 2018. Will this year be any different? Despite the turbulence of recent years, we can make the power of the people felt for good in Seattle and King County. by Nikkita Oliver & Dae Shik Kim Hawkins Jr. / December 29, 2018
Environment For rural WA kids, asthma is the norm, not the exception UW, along with Yakima Valley Farm Workers’ Clinic, is trying to address uncontrolled asthma in farm worker communities. by Eilís O'Neill EarthFix/KUOW / April 27, 2018
Environment 6 things to know about conservation and the Farm Bill The Trump administration wants to make big cuts to the Farm Bill's conservation budget. by Eilís O'Neill EarthFix/KUOW / April 9, 2018
Politics Can copper, gold save towns near Mount St. Helens? Morton, Wash., was once a booming logging town. by Eilís O'Neill for EarthFix / September 25, 2017