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
Equity Next up for this award-winning choreographer: Police brutality Nia-Amina Minor and Spectrum Dance Theater company dancers raise their fists in the air during a tech rehearsal for ‘SHOT,’ a production by Donald Byrd, on Wednesday at Seattle Repertory Theater by Leslie Holleran / January 18, 2017
Tech The great big air battle over the next 'Baby Boeing' Boeing's 737 MAX would have new engines. by Matt A. Fikse / October 23, 2011
Politics Will success spoil Pike/Pine? Where alleys are missing, no place to put the garbage. by Matt A. Fikse / October 9, 2011
Politics New Euro twist: A summit with a general strike What if they gave a summit in Brussels and everybody in Belgium went on strike? Well, that's pretty much what's happening. by Matt A. Fikse / January 29, 2012
Washington state ignores Euro crisis at its own risk In Greece, there have been months of protests against austerity measures. But the Euro crisis has meaning here, too. by Matt A. Fikse / January 19, 2012
Politics Police reform requires leadership in the department Seattle Police Chief John Diaz by Matt A. Fikse / January 15, 2012
Tech Dear 'New York Times': Thanks for the chance to pay! The publisher writes personally to readers. It's only polite to write back, right? by Matt A. Fikse / March 19, 2011