Opinion Whether it’s a Black American or a cop, senseless death is a tragedy News of a Seattle police officer being killed while helping a motorist should remind us of our shared humanity. by Clyde W. Ford / June 28, 2021
Cascade PBS Ideas Festival Podcast | Is America’s reckoning on race for real? Season 3 , Episode 17 / June 16, 2021 Former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin and organizer Shaun Scott discuss the anti-racist movement and whether it will result in lasting change.
Opinion Seattle police had a chance to prove abolitionists wrong. They didn’t. The department's inability to change over the past year has shown that its problems are hardwired into policing, and reform is not working. by Shaun Scott / May 25, 2021
Cascade PBS Ideas Festival Podcast | Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best on a year of unrest Season 3 , Episode 10 / May 23, 2021 Almost a year since the protests that led to her resignation, Best tells us what she thinks should be done to fix the force.
Opinion Reforms aren’t enough to end ‘us vs. them’ policing in America Confronting modern policing’s roots in medieval England and American slavery will do more to make us all safer. by Clyde W. Ford / May 21, 2021
Inside Cascade PBS New columnist Clyde W. Ford on speaking up and raising eyebrows He’s already written about racism’s intersections with gun control, the insurance industry and Amazon — and he wants to spark more conversations. by Clyde W. Ford / March 23, 2021
Opinion Trial judges must reject campaign money from police in Washington Since 2010, at least 42 state judicial campaigns accepted money from police and guilds representing them. That hurts public confidence. by Gabriel S. Galanda / March 12, 2021
Opinion A Tacoma police officer ran over a person. Let’s call it what it is. Too many public leaders have been reluctant to speak plainly about last month’s disturbing act of police violence. by Rubén Casas / February 15, 2021
Equity A podcast about defunding the police and rethinking public safety Six months after renewed protests against racist policing began, Seattle city leaders face an unknown future with a commitment to a downsized police force. by Sara Bernard & David Kroman / January 28, 2021