If you haven't read it yet, please check out yesterday's feature article, in which I look at the balance of federal taxes paid versus funds and services returned to Cascadia. The data seems to show that Washington and Oregon combined paid $51 billion more in federal
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Cascadia – Oregon and Washington together – paid $51.5 billion more in taxes than were returned back to our region in funding in 2025.
Can I ask you a favor? As wildfires burn across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia and air quality drops across the region, the organization I'm working with on Cascadia autonomy, Cascadia Democratic Action, is conducting a drive for bottled water and N-95 masks for people who don&
Cascadia – Oregon and Washington together – paid $51.5 billion more in taxes than were returned back to our region in funding in 2025.
After a talk last night in Seattle by Bank of North Dakota CEO Don Morgan, I came away even more convinced that Oregon and Washington should make creating public state banks a high legislative priority.
The Trump regime is systematically destroying protections for Oregon and Washington's forests and moving to triple logging of public lands in Cascadia.
ICE is desperate to push forward its deportation effort and please their fascist little president.
Responding to a recent call for independence by a new group called Cascadia Democratic Action, I have three critical questions. Is it practical? Is it the best way to serve the common good? Could it undermine broader progressive efforts? I attempt answers here.
Smith spoke with Cascadia Journal about his campaign as a democratic socialist who's open to the idea of soft secession – and potentially, a Cascadia independence referendum.
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Want to help our neighbors without shelter cope with high temperatures and wildfire smoke? Cascadia Democratic Action is organizing a water bottle and N-95 mask drive this Saturday, Aug 1 from noon to 4 pm at Cal Anderson park in Seattle. Donate bulk bottled water, N-95 masks, or
Measure to pay Portland cops with climate funds falling short Willamette Week reports that due to a large number of invalid signatures, a Portland ballot measure that would re-direct 25% of the Portland Clean Energy Fund to hiring 400 more cops is on pace to not have enough signatures
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In case you missed it yesterday, I wrote about how state public banks in both Washington and Oregon could help Cascadia become more fiscally autonomous and return billions of dollars back to our region rather than increasing the profits of megabanks like Wells Fargo. I attended a presentation in Seattle
After a talk last night in Seattle by Bank of North Dakota CEO Don Morgan, I came away even more convinced that Oregon and Washington should make creating public state banks a high legislative priority.
Good morning. Hope you're taking care of yourself in the heat and wildfire smoke spreading across the Cascadia bioregion today. For those who live without shelter, these can be challenging days. That's why the organization I helped found, Cascadia Democratic Action, is organizing a water bottle
Good morning, friends! In case you missed this week's report – ICE is violating King County airport rules in its deportation flights by refueling while detainees (many in shackles) are on board. Tell King County Executive Girmay Zahilay to enforce the rules at Boeing Field by emailing kcexec@kingcounty.
More than 100 wildfires burning in BC CBC reports that more than 34,000 lightning strikes started more than 100 wildfires in British Columbia, with the east BC town of Kimberley, home to 9,000, under an evacuation alert. Temperatures today and tomorrow are expected to climb as high as
Good morning, friends. If you're new to Cascadia Journal, welcome! You'll find a roundup of news from across the Pacific Northwest every weekday, plus a weekly in-depth news article or essay about Cascadia's pushback against fascism. You'll find feisty takes on
Good morning. If you haven't read it yet, in this week's feature I wrote about the Trump regime's war on Cascadia's forests. It's a multi-pronged assault, with attacks on the Roadless Rule, a core provision of the Endangered Species
The Trump regime is systematically destroying protections for Oregon and Washington's forests and moving to triple logging of public lands in Cascadia.
Trump fires US attorney one hour after judges appoint him Just one hour after US judges appointed King County Superior Court judge and federal prosecutor Roger Rogoff to the disputed position of US attorney for Western Washington, Donald Trump fired him, the Seattle Times reports. The Senate has refused to
