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
Culture Seattle and Brooklyn: a tale of two waterfronts (Top) Brooklyn Bridge Park, (Bottom) Seattle Waterfront Park by Bob Royer / April 3, 2012
Tech How CityClub's founding mothers made a better Seattle Discussing CityClub's history: (left to right) Jean B. Rolfe, Kate B. Webster, Suzanne F. Lile Hunter, and Colleen S. Willoughby. by Bob Royer / February 7, 2012
Politics Heroism at Chernobyl: a reprise in Japan A memorial to the people at Chernobyl who sacrificed their own safety to protect the world from greater danger. by Bob Royer / March 21, 2011
Politics George Bartholick: restoring the Pike Market and envisioning our Zoo George Bartholick at Western Washington University by Bob Royer / September 12, 2012
Equity Dave Beck: Seattle's great up-from-under saga Dave Beck and Dan Tobin by Bob Royer / April 22, 2012
Politics Memo to Mayor McGinn's staff Norm Rice, Greg Nickels, Charles Royer by Bob Royer / January 5, 2010