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Puzzling justice
Does Kimberlee McDonald's case reveal prosecutors bent on revenge or a con artist working the system?
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The doctor is out
Squeezed by low managed-care reimbursements and burdensome anti-fraud rules, local docs and hospitals drop their Medicare patients.
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Where’s the ‘rithmetic?
If Rainier Beach High School has far fewer resources than Ballard, why didn't it spend $369,000 of its…
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Put to the Test
The WASL is too difficult for most students. What happens when its a graduation requirement?
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The Outsourcing Source
For the latest rhetoric against sending tech jobs overseas, Seattle-based WashTech is a national journalist's first phone call.
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What Can Money Buy?
As millionaire Stuart Sloan adopts a second school, test scores are beginning to come in for his first—and…
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S.O.S. at KCTS
'Opaque' finances lead a production consultant to call for the CEO's resignation.
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Birth Control
When did the movement to empower pregnant women to make informed choices turn into a guilt-laden cult?
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Rich House, Poor House
NewHolly, Southeast Seattle's experimental public-housing development, proves attractive to middle-class and low-income families alike.
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BETTER TV IN BACKWATERSThanks to Ms. Shapiro for her work on the
BETTER TV IN BACKWATERSThanks to Ms. Shapiro for her work on the nation’s most pathetic public-TV station [“Negative…
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Advanced Displacement
Closing public schools and limiting choice would save little, squeeze successful programs, and alienate those who can flee.
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The Immigrant Vote
Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.
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Wilderness Snoops
Trained trackers can teach you the art of solving nature's mysteries—and human ones, too.
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The Stress Test
Choose all that apply: (a) The WASL was intended to improve schools and pupil performance. (b) It's become…
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In Stanford We Trust
The charismatic chief brings vision and energy to Seattle's schools. But has he done what he claims? And…