<p>Monica Mendoza-Cawthon’s parents were undocumented Mexican farmworkers who labored in California and Eastern Washington. Born in Washington, the 31-year-old Kent woman became an American citizen as soon as she drew breath due to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1868.</p> <p>On Monday, brand-new President Donald Trump signed an executive order to abolish birthright citizenship. On Tuesday, brand-new Washington Attorney General Nick Brown filed a […]

<p>WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday night issued sweeping&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/">pardons</a>&nbsp;for nearly all Jan. 6 defendants, erasing accountability for those who violently tried to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results on that […]

<p>It was barely a choice. In 1855, a time when the ink of border lines on United States maps had scarcely dried, Yakama Chief Kamiakin was told to sign over the land of 14 tribal nations and bands in the Pacific Northwest — or face the prospect of walking “knee deep” in the blood of his people.</p> <p>Legend has it that, when he put pen to paper, he was so furious he bit through his lip.</p> <p>By signing, he ceded over 10 million […]

<p>Interconnected efforts to address youth homelessness in Washington over the past decade experienced major upheaval in recent months as high-profile initiatives closed suddenly or saw significant leadership change.</p> <p>Kim Justice, who had led the state’s Office of Homeless Youth since its establishment in 2015, <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOC/bulletins/3b33f42">announced</a> in early September that she would […]

<p>Thousands gathered at Cal Anderson Park Saturday and marched to Seattle Center for the <a href="https://action.womensmarch.com/events/women-s-march-seattle-2025">People’s March Seattle</a>.</p> <p>Demonstrators were there to advocate for women’s reproductive rights, racial justice, human rights, environmental justice, democracy and for more opportunities for education and employment.&nbsp;</p> <p>The event was an […]

<p>The leadership in Olympia is passed from one Democrat to another as Washington Governor Jay Inslee finishes his third term. &nbsp;</p> <p>First elected in 2012 after serving multiple terms in Congress, Inslee was only the second Washington governor, after Republican Dan Evans, elected to a trio of consecutive four-year terms. &nbsp;</p> <p>In 2018 the Democrats clinched the full Legislature, leading the way to pass […]

<p>As Lewis and Clark made their way down the Columbia River toward the end of their journey, they passed a massive rock shooting 800 feet straight up out of the Gorge.</p> <p>It marked the first spot they observed Pacific Ocean tidewaters in the river, and they named it Beacon Rock. But they didn’t know that the towering basalt formation they saw was just the remnant of a much larger cinder cone volcano. Beacon Rock is now a popular tourist […]