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
At the mic: Teens slam injustice with poetry Carlynn Newhouse, 17, signs up to perform at Youth Speaks Seattle’s open mic night on Feb. 5. by Katie Anastas / March 2, 2017
Tech Seattle's hills are the worst. Here's a way to cope. AccessMap marks the blocks with the steepest inclines in red. by Katie Anastas / February 21, 2017
Politics State's attorneys: Win protects law, individuals Attorney General Bob Ferguson with Colleen Melody, left, and Noah Purcell. by Katie Anastas / February 9, 2017
Campus sexual assault: Washington students still woefully uninformed "Walk a mile in her shoes" is an effort of many college campuses nationally to raise men's awareness of violence against women. by Katie Anastas / February 15, 2017