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
Tech Seattle: more than ever a poetry center Several events this month suggest the depth of Seattle's writing talent, and raise questions about why there is so much good poetry here. by KaschaSemonovitch / April 2, 2012
Dreamy Eastside exhibits upstage Seattle arts scene Margarita Cabrera's Vocho at the Bellevue Art Museum. by KaschaSemonovitch / October 5, 2011
Equity Eat tacos, fund the arts: a new hyper-local approach in Seattle Sprout is a local dinner, including locally sourced foods, where people dine and vote on funding for arts projects. by KaschaSemonovitch / August 21, 2011
Politics Mitch McConnell gives Obama a tempting opening Paul Volcker, left, has got Obama's ear again by Sam R. Sperry / November 6, 2010
Daring Frye exhibit makes reverence out of the mundane Isaac Layman. Untitled, 2011. Photographic construction, ink-jet on paper. 59 x 78 in. by KaschaSemonovitch / November 28, 2011
Culture Seattle's fall art scene delves into design A 2009 Susie J. Lee show, Ghost Light, at the Moore Theatre. by KaschaSemonovitch / September 21, 2011
Politics Once again an insurgent mayor conquers city hall Mayor-elect Mike McGinn on Election Night by Sam R. Sperry / November 19, 2009