Equity
Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu leads the way by putting others first
Growing up in a working-class family on the south side of Chicago, Mary Yu never expected to go to college.
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Legal experts say affirmative-action measure wouldn’t permit use of racial quotas
Opponents argue Referendum 88 would institute numeric, race-based quotas in Washington state. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled such practices illegal.
Culture
Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.
The museum's new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region.
Environment
How one scientist enlisted a lakeside community to study (and eat) invasive crayfish
For 12 years, UW's Julian Olden has studied the native and invasive crayfish populations of Sammamish's Pine Lake. But the citizen scientists who live onshore are his secret weapon.
politics
Washington to White House: Don’t raid Bangor sub base construction fund to build Trump’s wall
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the Trump administration after it pulled $89 million slated for a new submarine pier and maintenance facility at Naval Base Kitsap.