These are some of my favorite stories. Click on the publication/datelines to read them, and for more of my recent work, check out my author pages at The Seattle Times, KUOW, The Stranger, Longreads, Fast Company, and Mother Jones.
Investigations
When toxic chemicals were found at a Seattle homeless camp site, the city informed its workers — but not the campers
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When Seattle stores belongings taken during homeless cleanups, few get them back
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King County took money from an anti-prostitution organization. Then "unprecedented" felony prosecutions of sex buyers began
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Washington state attorney general sues Matt Hickey over alleged porn "audition" scam
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Homelessness
Coronavirus brings ‘a whole other layer of trauma’ for workers who serve homeless people
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Coronavirus pushed Seattle to treat homelessness differently. Will those changes last?
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Major encampment removal in Little Saigon draws protesters during coronavirus pandemic
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Sick and living in an RV, Seattle man finds coronavirus outbreak just makes it harder
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Criminal Justice
She was jailed for shoplifting. A month later she was dead
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A murder. A suicide. A Buddhist ceremony with both families to free spirits
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One Seattle murder, two devastated families and a question: What's justice?
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At least 10 people say they've been drugged at Seattle bars this summer
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Tech, Health, Science & Environment
This South Seattle treatment center has been helping Native people beat substance use disorders for more than 30 years. So why is it closing?
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King County patient is first in U.S. to die of COVID-19 as officials scramble to stem spread of novel coronavirus
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Gab, online haven for Pittsburgh shooting suspect, finds new home with Seattle-area company
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Love in the time of Zika
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The Standing Rock Sioux's new protectors
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How one tribe could slow the rate of "bomb trains" through Seattle
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