Equity Art and politics meet at Seattle's Franklin High School WATCH: Today's youth activists pay tribute to their Black Panther forebears with a 40-foot mural. by Jen Dev / December 20, 2018
Growth Can light rail expand without displacing low-income residents? Sound Transit believes it can. by Jen Dev / November 27, 2018
Equity In Seattle, school segregation is actually getting worse It's been 40 years since Seattle schools first tried — and failed — to integrate. Today, data suggest segregation persists across the district by Jen Dev & Liz Brazile / March 28, 2019
Equity Healing Black trans people through a new kind of faith With the Black Trans Prayer Book, poet and educator J Mase III is spreading hope. by Jen Dev / March 22, 2019
Equity A Trump policy puts the lives of Vietnamese refugees at risk Mansur Sulayman hasn't been to Vietnam in 40 years. The U.S. wants to deport him back. by Jen Dev / February 7, 2019
Opinion Forget the head tax, we need a robot tax Bill Gates first introduced the idea for a levy on robots that replace human employees. Seattle should consider it. by Ross Cohen / June 14, 2018
Opinion Take a knee? Why we need to rise up for the working class Construction workers install a wooden deck on the roof at the new Hugo House building, housed in its old location in Capitol Hill. by Ross Cohen / October 4, 2017
Politics On climate, western governors pick up where Trump left off In New York, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tells world leaders that Trump can’t stop state action on climate change. by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / September 26, 2017
Environment Rare bipartisan moment in D.C. boosts WA tribes, farmers, fish A section of the Yakima River by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / April 26, 2016
Washington state could lead in a Russian showdown Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly in formation as they take-off in view of Mount Rainier for an air show practice, Thursday, July 30, 2015, from King County Airport in Seattle. by Ross Cohen / November 5, 2017