Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Politics 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train': A daring, well-executed emergence Actors Dumi (left, as Lucius) and Richard Nguyen Sloniker (right, as Angel) in "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train" by Thomas May / June 19, 2012
Politics Home is the warrior: Seattle Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus' confronts today's political divisions The plebeians grow restive, with inescapable echoes of Occupy. by Thomas May / January 15, 2012
Politics Julia Tai: Getting up to date, the Seattle Modern Orchestra way Julia Tai, co-artistic director of the Seattle Modern Orchestra. by Thomas May / May 10, 2011
Politics An exciting new orchestra in Seattle Julia Tai, co-artistic director of the Seattle Modern Orchestra. by Thomas May / November 15, 2010