Yes, We Dare

We dare to believe that justice is indeed for all, that a society must be measured by how it treats the most vulnerable among us, that when a single citizen experiences justice, every one of us moves closer to true democracy.

That belief engages us. It inspires our work, work that embraces the ideal that every person in our community should be treated equally under law, freeing all of us to pursue our dreams. Dreams Like Yours.

Spokane: A Political History

Bill Stimson’s ten-part look at the history of Spokane power and politics, “Insiders & Naysayers,” is now available with a new introduction in our Kitchen Table section.

Singularly Suellen

A decade ago, Suellen Pritchard came to the Center for Justice looking for help in turning her life around. But that’s only where the story, and her remarkable contributions to the Center’s work, begins.

At Work in the World

Jessica Davis, Danielle Wegman, and Michael Novasky arrived at the Center for Justice to put their ideals and passions to the tests. But that was only the start of their journeys.

Unabashed

When Anna Franks and Planned Parenthood found themselves in a pitched battle over a new clinic in Pasco, they drew upon a quiet, inner resolve, and an assist from Jeffry Finer and the Center for Justice.

Outside Looking Back

Karen Dorn Steele arrived in Spokane in despair. And then she became one of America’s most versatile and accomplished journalists. In her first interview since leaving the Spokesman-Review, she reflects on the challenges she faced, and the hard choices she made.

Featured Stories: Coyote Rocks, A Closer Look

VIDEO FEATURE: As development adds second dock, the Spokane Riverkeeper program takes a fish eye view of the controversial plan to plant more than two dozen docks along a scenic and biologically important stretch of the river.
Read more »; Meet the new Riverkeeper

Bart Mihailovich, one of the rising new voices of Northwest environmentalism, is chosen to be the new Spokane Riverkeeper.
Read more »; Finally

Council unanimously passes major reform for civilian oversight of Spokane Police Department. Mayor wins votes for key sustainability plan. (Updated 6/29/10 with Mayor’s signing statement, copy of new ordinance.)
Read more »; Lifting the Fog on Shorelines

Wedged into Monday night’s marathon city council meeting was a tempestuous debate and an important vote on the city’s shorelines rules. Lindsay Arnold returns to the scene to try to set the facts straight.
Read more »; Cleaner Water Begins Here

Spokane’s Lincoln Street project is a “green” work in progress that saves money, water, and helps the Spokane River.
Read more »; Dock This

Department of Ecology follows Spokane Riverkeeper’s lead in challenging controversial dock project.
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News Stories: Another Oil Explosion in the Gulf

BREAKING 9/2 A.M. The Coast Guard and others are responding to an exploding drilling platform off the central Louisiana Coast.
Read more »; Pull Over

In a big victory for friends of a scenic highway, an Idaho judge has denied a permit for oil equipment loads on Highway 12.
Read more »; Bonnie’s Night

Incumbent County Commissioner takes nearly half the vote in crowded primary election.
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Kitchen Table: Kitchen Table is a state of mind based, loosely, on a real table just around the corner from the Fish Bowl.; Counterfeit Conservatism

It’s cultural machismo, not reality, that defines the conservative mean streak in our region’s prevailing politics.
Read more »; Echoes of Matthew Hoh

Eleven months ago, a former Marine turned foreign service officer quit his post in Afghanistan. The prescience of his resignation letter grows with each passing day.
Read more »; The Power of Raspberry Pie

He asked me if I was a good cook, hatching an idea and causing me to recall the phrase: “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Story by Mary Harvill.
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Yes, We Dare

Spokane: A Political History

Singularly Suellen

At Work in the World

Unabashed

Outside Looking Back

Every Breath He Takes

Confessions of a Soap Sample Boy

Slow Dancing With a Nightmare

Breean’s Mark

Becoming Carol Weltz