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Leigh Winchell

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    The Evolution of John McKay

    How a Republican aristocrat and loyal Bush soldier turned into a marijuana activist and public pot-stirrer.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Enslavement and Rape Charges Face Longview Couple Accused of Forcing Teen to Do Housework

    ​When Edk Kenit and Choimina Lukas took in a 19-year-old immigrant from their native Micronesia to live at their home in Longview, one has to imagine that the girl didn't expect to be a housework slave and frequent rape victim. A grand jury is convinced that's exactly what she endured, and has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Is DeShawn "Cash Money" Clark What Human Trafficking Looks Like?

    Getty ImagesA brothel bust in China fits the rhetoric around human trafficking​Yes, the oddly-named DeShawn "Cash Money" Clark seems to have been a thoroughly unpleasant character. He pimped out young women, including his ex-girlfriend, using violence and false promises of love. It's, unfortu ... More >>

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Jack-Pot

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The New Abolitionists

    Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    The New Homeland

    A guide to the alphabet soup of agencies watching the borders and scrutinizing visitors.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    An Iraqi Within

    Hussain Alshafei escaped Saddams repression and landed in Edmonds to live the American dream. Now hes accused of illegally funneling money home. Was he merely helping fellow immigrants feed the families they left behind, or engaged in something more?

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