Opinions

State officials warn that Washington could be in for a fire season that eclipses records set in 2015 and 2014. That means fire prevention needs to be on everyone’s mind — and not just on the east side of the state. […]

Women should have control of their own health and futures, including prevention of unplanned pregnancies. […]

How can we countenance the notion that sexual orientation — or religion, or race or anything else — can so brazenly function as a thumb on the scale, especially in weighing the death penalty or life without parole ? […]

I taught seventh grade for 20 years, and the last book of the year was always “The Diary of Anne Frank.” I bore a grave responsibility, as I was perhaps the first person to expose these tender preteens to the story of humankind’s darkest hour. We are living in the new darkest hour. President Donald […]

Sometimes, for your life, you have to cross a border. Should the Von Trapp Family Singers have been criminally prosecuted in the Swiss Alps? The world has not faced a refugee crisis on this scale since WWII. Yet Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen calls it “a border security issue.” What makes us secure? The U.S. […]

It is easy to see a headline like “New range war: Vegans and ranchers in spat over what to call lab-grown meat” and think this is simply another partisan issue. But the lines are not so clearly drawn. Tyson Foods — the largest meat producer in the United States — has invested in clean-meat company […]

The most poignant and descriptive name the new clean-meat industry could have come up with is indeed that. Anybody who has been inside or near or has hands-on knowledge of what goes on behind the closed walls of CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) or slaughterhouses can testify that it is dirty business in more than […]

The IReallyDoCare.com website is raising money to support children at the border. […]

The immigrants that President Donald Trump would deny entry have stories not so different from the stories of immigrants throughout American history. […]

Research at the UW shows that children with and without disabilities do better in inclusive classrooms. The fear that some kids will be slowed down by kids with disabilities is just not true. […]