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
Politics Fostering Resilience Childhood trauma is toxic, but the damage is reversible. by Claudia Rowe / July 23, 2013
Politics Prison: A life sentence to joblessness? Washington state's Monroe Correctional Complex by Claudia Rowe / July 21, 2010
Culture Like millions of others, the Clintons can't get their taxes done on time More proof that the system is maddeningly complex, confusing, and just painful. Let's do something about it. by O. Casey Corr / April 10, 2008
Culture Here's a real dream ticket: Barack Obama and ... The dream ticket, with help from Photoshop. by O. Casey Corr / April 4, 2008
Politics Hillary to the Democratic Party: I will burn down the house In Sunday's Washington's Post, Hillary Clinton makes clear she's not going away till the bitter end, and it will be bitter if it doesn't go her way: by O. Casey Corr / March 31, 2008
