Younger voters and voters of color in Washington see their ballots challenged for signature issues more often than older and white voters.

A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.

A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.

The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.

After ICE agents killed a man in Maine, the Department of Homeland Security suspended traffic stops, then reversed course. But the official policy is just optics, anyway: Agents know what they’ve been...

By Monsour Owolabi As salaamu alaikum. My name is Monsour Owolabi. I am a Muslim and a member of the New Afrikan Independence Movement. I have been held captive by the state of Texas for over fifte…

Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit resea...

Independent watchdog tracking Palantir's contracts, executives, lobbying, legal exposure, and global footprint. OSINT-driven public interest research.

What really happens to the ultra-rich when states and localities increase taxes?

In just 15 months, the Trump Administration has pushed out more than 8,000 Social Security Administration (SSA) workers — causing SSA’s largest one-year staffing reduction on record.

Five months into a pilot program that uses AI to review certain Medicare procedure requests, Washington seniors face new hurdles and worsening health outcomes, according to health care providers and l...

With little transparency or oversight, technology is being used to flag youth as risks to public safety and deciding who is surveilled, arrested, and confined.

In 2026, the Washington State Budget and Policy Center is celebrating 20 years of advancing and championing economic justice in Washington state. As we reflect on our 20th anniversary, we are so proud...

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Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the...

Falling battery costs drive the economics of round-the-clock renewables

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Food stamp enrollment in Washington state fell sharply amid federal cuts to the program and as fewer immigrants accessed benefits.

AI data centers could raise utility costs, strain water supplies, and deepen pollution in South Seattle. Here's what residents should know — and who's making the decisions.

A new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights raises questions about how sexual assault investigations are handled at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.

Two Gaza flotilla members describe their abduction and abuse by Israel last fall.