Opinion
Restore state funding to vital childcare support program
Childcare is not optional. It is part of our infrastructure, just like housing, roads and hospitals. When childcare…
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Tell state House to adopt protections regarding crypto kiosks
Cryptocurrency kiosks — often designed to look like bank ATMs — are increasingly common in Washington stores, but…
Opinion
Editorial cartoons for Saturday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day
A sketchy look at the news of the day.
Opinion
Editorial: Lawmakers should outline fairness of millionaires tax
How the revenue will be used, in part to make state taxes less regressive, is key to its…
Opinion
Comment: Our response when federal disaster help is a disaster
With federal emergency aid in doubt, the state, localities and communities must team up to prepare.
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Comment: Tire dust killing salmon; state must bar chemical’s use
A chemical called 6PPD produces a toxin that kills coho. A ban by 2035 can add to efforts…
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Comment: Hospitals staying true to Congress’ drug discounts
Nonprofit hospitals aren’t abusing the 340B pricing program. The fault lies with profit-taking drugmakers.
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Forum: The long internal battle against our unrecognized bias
Growing up where segregation was the norm forced a unconscious bias that takes effort to confront.
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Forum: Why Auschwitz, other atrocities must stay seared into memory
The recent anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi’s death camp calls for remembrance.
Opinion
Schwab: When a bunny goes high, MAGA just goes lower
Bad Bunny’s halftime show was pure joy, yet a deranged Trump kept triggering more outrage.
Opinion
State must address crisis in good, affordable childcare
As new parents with a six-month-old baby, my husband and I have joined the thousands of Washingtonians experiencing…
Opinion
Student protests show they are paying attention
Teachers often look for authentic audiences and real world connections to our classrooms. Recent student protest walkouts prove…
Opinion
SAVE Act will disenfranchise legal women voters
We’re hearing a lot about the SAVE Act — just approved by Republicans in the U.S. House —…
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Comment: Trump, the West have abandoned dissidents like Jimmy Lai
What nations focused on realpolitik forget is that dissidents are a weapon against dictatorships.
Opinion
Comment: Maybe we should show the EPA our insurance bills
While it has renounced the ‘endagerment finding’ that directs climate action, insurance costs are only growing.
Opinion
City allowing Everett business to continue polluting
Is it incompetency, corporatocracy or is the City of Everett just apathetic toward residents impacted by the city’s…
Opinion
Good reason for members of military to refuse illegal orders
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., texted me saying President Trump “called for me to be hanged” for relaying the…