News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Politics Did port slowdowns bust our hay export boom? Hay languished in the fields this year while farmers waited for dockworkers to settle their contract dispute with West Coast port operators. by Sylvia Kantor / March 15, 2015
Culture So much talk about so few fish A Chinook salmon. (U.S. Geological Survey) by Kim McDonald / April 14, 2008
Politics The 'Street of Dreams' defense Briana Waters and child. (supportbriana.org) by Kim McDonald / March 3, 2008
Culture Where the wild things aren't Briana Waters and child. (supportbriana.org) by Kim McDonald / February 24, 2008
Culture Beach fires? Let's talk about real carbon footprints The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is considering a ban of beach fires at Alki and Golden Gardens parks — not this year, as first announced, but next year — stating that beach fires... by Kim McDonald / June 8, 2008
Politics A 'green scare' in shades of gray Briana Waters and partner John Landgraf with daughter Kalliope. (supportbriana.org) by Kim McDonald / May 22, 2008