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
Culture Witness to a terrorist bombing in Marrakesh The Argana Café one day after the terrorist bombing of April, 2011, its famous second floor balcony completely destroyed. Sixteen people were killed in the explosion. by Spider Kedelsky / July 5, 2011
Politics Two festivals, one big showcase for new and edgy dance Portland performance artist Holcombe Waller by Spider Kedelsky / June 15, 2011
Culture Staging, and selling, ethnic dance and music: a Cuban success story Los Munequitos de Matanzas by Spider Kedelsky / April 6, 2011
Politics Crosscut Tout: Cuban rumba with deep cultural roots and a cross-generational style Los Munequitos de Matanzas by Spider Kedelsky / April 2, 2011
Culture Remembering Mitch Miller and a grade-school singalong Looking back on a long-ago school visit by a kind and generous music legend. by Spider Kedelsky / August 5, 2010
