Should carbon emissions be taxed? Environmentalists are split If you could make energy companies pay $25 for every ton of CO2 they emitted, would you? What if that tax increased your electric bill and the cost of... Ashley Ahearn
20 years after welfare reform, 'deep poverty' worse in Washington Monday marked 20 years since the welfare system was overhauled by the federal government. The reforms have played out differently in every state,... Paige Browning
Pedal-powered food rescue takes on Seattle's hills and waste Up to 40 percent of food in the U.S. ends up in landfills. Seattle has been trying to tackle the issue with laws that require composting. But that's not... Matt Martin
Washington Universities Feed People, Not Trash Cans Food waste — we all do it. We put that bag of spinach in the back of the fridge and forget about it. We make a casserole big enough to feed an army and... Kate OConnell
‘No Wrong Door’: New Seattle Clinic Responds To Lack Of Mental Health Care When it comes to providing care for people with mental illness, Washington ranks in the bottom five in the country. The state has one of the highest per... Ruby de Luna
Want Affordable Housing In Seattle? Get In Line (Literally) Steve Graham got in line late. His number was 136. But he was optimistic about the chance of a lifetime: a shot at brand new, low-income housing in an... Liz Jones
Why So Many Kids Are Chronically Absent In Washington State On a recent morning at George T. Daniel Elementary School in Kent, the school bell had already rung. In the driveway, one minivan after another pulled... Ann Dornfeld
Employment Is High, But So Is Poverty Jeannie Yandel talks to Dona Ponepinto, president and CEO of United Way of Pierce County about a new study commissioned by United Way that found one in ... Amina Al-Sadi
PHOTOS: How Poverty Compares In Northwest And Across U.S. Jeannie Yandel talks to photographer Matt Black about his photo series, "The Geography of Poverty," and about how poor Northwest communities compare to... Allie Ferguson
The People Behind The Rise Of Online Microlending Jessica Jackley was a liberal arts major who stumbled her way into the Stanford MBA program. Philosophy and business came together for her in 2005 when... John O'Brien