August 10, 2020, 6:01am Columns
For two weeks, we waited for the pandemic police to come. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:02am Columns
It is a quirk of American politics, kind of like the McDonald’s phenomenon. Few people admit to actually liking McDonald’s, but for some reason there is one on every other corner. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:01am Columns
The death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis inspired Americans to look back to the monumental achievements of the civil-rights era. But as street protests nationwide this spring and summer continue to show, hard work remains to create true racial equity in America. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Gov. Jay Inslee’s statewide mask order that took effect June 26 has its fair share of detractors. Read story
August 9, 2020, 6:01am Columns
Europe took dramatic steps to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Its shutdowns were so tight that the eurozone economy has fallen into a recession even deeper than ours. Read story
August 6, 2020, 6:01am Columns
So, Trader Joe’s won’t cave into a 17-year-old’s demand that it scrub its shelves of products named in such a way as to suggest cultural origins outside the 50 U.S. states. Briones Bedell, a white high schooler from the San Francisco Bay area, gave it a try. She ran a… Read story
August 5, 2020, 6:01am Columns
This time of year, people sometimes ask me how I’m voting, which I don’t answer because it’s against the reporters’ code of revealing details that someone somewhere will use in a fulminous screed on voicemail, Facebook or Twitter. Read story
August 4, 2020, 6:01am Columns
So now we know. It was a white supremacist who started the first riot in Minneapolis. He was walking along wearing a black coat with an umbrella and, the next thing you knew, he was breaking glass windows with a hammer. The crowd of peaceful protesters got excited and soon… Read story
August 3, 2020, 1:15pm Columns
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August 3, 2020, 6:01am Columns
I’ve been going to church again, and it’s weird. Read story
