From the Oregon Trail to the Lake Washington Bridge, transportation infrastructure has often driven growth while promoting exclusion.

The director of the Northwest African American Museum reflects on the state’s newest official holiday.

The Department of the Interior has often prioritized the needs of plants, animals and colonists over the Native people it oversees. That could change under its first Native leader.

A lawsuit claims three teenagers were handcuffed while in isolation, violating the state’s own policies and raising profound moral questions.

Economists are predicting a surge of post-pandemic growth. Should we root for the Roaring 20s?

Two bills before the state Legislature impose new costs and bureaucracies without reducing emissions all that much.

A tax on capital gains, which targets about 8,000 incredibly wealthy people, would be invested in education, early learning, and childcare.

The 2019 election cycle was a warning sign about big spending. Small donor matching programs could bolster our democracy.

The history behind the holiday is long and troubling, with echoes that persist today.

A brief guide on how to think, and how not to think, about the crushing outcome in Alabama.

From medical studies to compost, here's how my body can be used up after I die.

Sweden's ‘Street Moves’ program offers a model for making neighborhood residents the planners of their own streets. 

Washington state led on legalizing marijuana. Plant-derived psychedelics could be next.

The longtime education reporter explains how decades of covering schools shaped the perspective she brings to her new column.