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 Obama's speech captures what we have in common President Obama has appointed new military, CIA leadership. by jaywalljasper / January 22, 2011
One way to remember Dave Niehaus What's the name of the street running by Safeco Field? by Benjamin Lukoff / November 12, 2010
What we can learn from the Dutch about biking and cities A bike parking lot in Amsterdam: Part of the Dutch success with biking is from planning to make it easy to use a bicycle. by jaywalljasper / September 26, 2010
Tech Crosscut Tout: James Gleick will talk about information era (Mar. 14) The author, whose new book brings information theory to a wider audience, will talk at Town Hall on March 14. by Benjamin Lukoff / March 13, 2011
Politics What makes a great public space? More blue trees at Westlake by jaywalljasper / September 2, 2012
So long, 'Queen Charlotte Islands' The tangled politics of renaming lands for First Nation peoples. The Queen Charlotte Islands are now Haida Gwaii. Should Victoria then be renamed Camosack? by Benjamin Lukoff / December 15, 2009