The Seattle Times welcomes Op-Eds on any topic for publication in print and online. We value diverse opinion writing that offers a clear point of view. Below are recent Op-Ed columns published in The Times.
For the U.S. Forest Service to exacerbate our climate emergency, while wasting taxpayer dollars on resurrecting an Alaskan timber industry whose time has long since...
Access to abortion is a controversial topic in the political and culture wars in this country, but a majority of U.S. citizens consistently support a...
White supremacists have shown us that both hate and violence for people of color is still very real.
However popular some policies may be among the left wing of the Democrats, when the full price tags, uncertainties and underlying philosophy are made known...
Elected officials in Washington state are now recognizing they have underfunded needed mental-health services.
Don't indict our allies for small acts of negligence.
Youth as young as 11 are purchased online and on the streets.
Mass incarceration — and its catastrophic disproportional impact on African Americans and people of color — for me was an abstraction until I walked into...
I’m a professional dairy farmer and if you enjoy ice cream, real cream in your imported coffee, cheese on your pizza and yogurt in the...
“Wheelchair users are just asking for the same kind of opportunity to enjoy the game that other people have. "
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