Facebook hearings are not enough: Congress must act to defend democracy | Op-Ed
Internet transparency ought to be the law.
A threat to a religious center should be a hate crime | Op-Ed
A rash of bomb threats called into dozens of Jewish community centers is an assault that should not go unpunished, writes U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer.
A bipartisan plan to tackle broken mental-health system | Op-Ed
We can continue with a mental-health system that leaves our communities stuck in a loop of patients cycling through emergency rooms and jail cells. Or...
How to take big money out of congressional races | Guest columnist
Americans are outraged that big-money donors and special interests keep finding new ways to capture the political machinery in Washington.
Fix broken defense contracting | Guest columnist
Defense contracting netted $15 billion for Washington state in the last three years.