Investigations WA’s $5M youth homelessness effort is ramping up. Is it working? Though the funds helped dozens of young people secure housing, delays and slow spending stalled some programs in their first year. by Elizabeth Whitman Youth Today / August 15, 2023
Investigations Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags The $750,000 pilot program has struggled to meet promises after state officials chose a lobbying firm to build the hotline service from scratch. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / October 25, 2023
Investigations Podcast | It’s a Youth Today News takeover The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman’s experience with foster care and homelessness in WA. by Elizabeth Whitman / January 3, 2024
Investigations Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 14, 2023
Investigations ‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 21, 2023
Investigations WA homelessness group exposed sensitive data on kids, young adults A Way Home Washington launched an internal investigation after health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public. by Elizabeth Whitman / July 27, 2023
Culture 10 things to do in Seattle Savion Glover’s fancy footwork, artful Native American skateboards, a ‘Fiddler’ sing-along and other cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Michael Upchurch / December 20, 2018
Culture In a new Seattle exhibit, dance photography that dazzles The Seattle years and New York triumphs of photographer Soichi Sunami. by Michael Upchurch / December 17, 2018
Culture 6 things to do in Seattle A celebration of Merce Cunningham, a concert by Seattle’s first lady of soul and other must-see cultural happenings. by Michael Upchurch & Brangien Davis / December 13, 2018
Culture 7 things to do in Seattle Holiday burlesque shows, choral concerts and a new Spectrum Dance Theater ‘Occurrence.’ by Brangien Davis & Michael Upchurch / December 6, 2018