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
Opinion Notes on being useful after dying in Washington state From medical studies to compost, here's how my body can be used up after I die. by Judy Lightfoot / April 13, 2021
United we bicker? A sharp, hopeful look at U.S. potential How did We the People dwindle into We the Taxpayers? Author Marilynne Robinson is making waves nationally with her new book about American society and our democratic faith in the potential of every... by Judy Lightfoot / April 12, 2012
'Hard, scary, sad': life at a highway rest stop Untitled (NCFH, Boston) 12"x18" by Judy Lightfoot / April 2, 2012
Kathleen Flenniken makes poetry out of Cold War Hanford Kathleen Flenniken, "Plume" (UW Press, 2012) by Judy Lightfoot / March 21, 2012
Crosscut Tout: 'Inequality in the Age of Mass Incarceration' at Town Hall, Oct 13 1301 Western Avenue is the site of a proposed 16-story building. by Judy Lightfoot / October 10, 2011
Hard times bite deep in Washington: who will step up as the state steps away? Gov. Chris Gregoire. by Judy Lightfoot / October 3, 2011
Crosscut Tout: The artful wildness of 'Woodnote' Christine Deavel, 'Woodnote' by Judy Lightfoot / September 28, 2011