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
Politics Big housing hurdles ahead under Trump and Ben Carson Dr. Ben Carson at a 2015 conference by Enrique Cerna / December 8, 2016
Politics Understanding why Eastern Washington votes Republican Credit: David Kroman by Enrique Cerna / December 5, 2016
Culture The activist who resisted back then — and still does Dolores Huerta speaks during the 1970s. by Enrique Cerna / October 4, 2017
Equity Before Occupy Wall St., there was Seattle's Gang of Four (Top row, left to right) Larry Gossett and Bob Santos, (Bottom row, left to right) Roberto Maestas and Bernie Whitebear. by Enrique Cerna / September 17, 2017
Politics What's it like to be undocumented and in the public eye? When Jose Antonio Vargas arrived in Tacoma recently for a speaking engagement at the University of Puget Sound, he realized how he was only miles away from the Northwest Detention Center. by Enrique Cerna / April 19, 2017