Kate OConnell
Stories
-
Here's how we can make our shelter system better
Seattle’s homeless shelters don’t work for some people. They have curfews, you can’t stay with your partner, there’s nowhere for your stuff and most won...
-
Swinomish Tribe takes a stand on dental care
Jeannie Yandel speaks with New York Times reporter Kirk Johnson about a new program bringing dental therapists to the Swinomish reservation in...
-
Miles of grief lead this runner to honor fallen soldiers
Mile one: “Oh my God, the babies didn’t stop crying for the last hour and a half.” Mile two: “I need to buy diapers, what am I going to make for dinner...
-
'You can never really shut down the Jungle'
Bill Radke speaks with Jordan Royer about his experience managing the Jungle in the early 2000s. Royer was in charge of dealing with the homeless camp...
-
Should we give the homeless bus tickets out of town?
Bill Radke speaks with Susan Salisbury and Sara Rankin about a Portland, Oregon program that provides one-way tickets for homeless people who have a...
-
How drag queens pulled a Seattle writer from a crippling funk
Seven years ago, Seattle TV writer Melanie McFarland was depressed. “It was like being under water,” McFarland said. “Or having an alien be inside my...
-
Where will the people in Seattle's notorious Jungle go?
It's the beginning of the end for the sprawling homeless camp under Interstate 5 known as the Jungle. This week, officials from the city of Seattle and...
-
It's hard to be sick and homeless
Bill Radke speaks with Dr. Maralyssa Bann of Harborview Medical Center about the challenges homeless people face managing chronic illnesses.
-
I told my North Korean captors about life in America, and they were shocked
After a year in the North Korean prison, Kenneth Bae softened toward his guards.
-
New drug taking lives in British Columbia
Kim Malcolm speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about Fentanyl, an opiate claiming lives in British Columbia. Overdoses from this drug...