Cascadia today: Immigrants may lose health care in WA + Heiltsuk Nation battles green crabs + an interview with film maker Kamyar Mohsenin

Immigrants to lose health care in WA after fed cuts Through the Static reports that up to 11,000 immigrants in Washington state may lose health insurance after the Trump regime passed massive nationwide cuts to Medicaid. KUOW also covers the cuts and Gov. Bob Ferguson's efforts to

Cascadia today: a fab Cascadia spoken word reading + progressives start uniting in Vancouver mayor's race + lynx makes comeback in WA

Many thanks to Vermillion art gallery and bar in Seattle and all who attended the debut of the Subduction spoken word series last night! It was a lovely, lively evening of poetry rooted in the Cascadia bioregion. Many thanks to Ankober Yewondwossen, Rhea Melina, Nadine Maestas, and Paul Nelson for

Cascadia today: No teacher strike in Seattle + spotted owl extinct in BC + last speaker of diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ dialect dies

Teacher strike averted in Seattle West Seattle Blog reports that the SEA teachers' union and Seattle Public Schools came to an agreement last night on a new contract, averting a strike. Teachers, who authorized a strike if no deal was made, had taken issue with the district's

Cascadia today: Progress in avoiding Seattle teacher strike + ICE arrests surge in Cascadia + reclaiming the name Tahoma

"Promising progress" on contract for Seattle teachers West Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Education Association, the union for the city's public school teachers made "promising progress" on a new contract with Seattle Public Schools in marathon negotiations last night that went well into

Cascadia book bingo: Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach

One book I read earlier this summer is the Cascadian classic, Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach. The futurist novel first published in 1975 was for many the first time they'd considered the idea of an independent, environmental utopian nation in the Pacific Northwest.

Cascadia today: ICE kidnappings climb in WA + Seattle teachers set to strike + progressives may split vote in Vancouver mayor race

ICE kidnappings in WA climb The Seattle Times reports that ICE kidnappings reached a new high in Washington state last month and that seizures are increasing in the Puget Sound region and central Washington. Arrests are also up at SeaTac airport, part of a nationwide surge by immigration goons in

Cascadia today: Tacoma detention center commits human rights violations + OR economy grows + poetry by Serena Chopra

Rep Randall says NWDC commits "human rights violations" KUOW interviews Congressional representative Emily Randall, whose district includes Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center, and who says conditions inside the immigration prison, especially lack of adequate medial care, constitute "human rights violations." She's visited the

Cascadia today: Court OKs feds meddling in elections + Seattle improves pedestrian safety + a Log Lady lookalike contest

Cascadia Democratic Action's Cascadia Day poetry reading went so well in May we've decided to start a monthly spoken word and performance series! It's called Subduction, after the geological process in which a coastal tectonic plate sinking deep below the continent creates the volcanoes,

Cascadia today: Trump's trade war will hit Cascadia hard + Spokane wildfire damage to top $1 billion + a Seattle coffee shop trains at-risk youth

Trump's trade war on Canada will hurt Cascadia After a week of negotiations between the US and Canadians failed, Donald Trump has announced he'll impose 50% duties on a range of Canadian imports, and prime minister Mark Carney said Canada would respond with equal tariffs of

Cascadia today: Hunger strike at ICE camp ends + OR public universities face budget crisis + new bio of Elliott Smith

Hunger strike at Tacoma ICE camp ends The Stranger reports that a hunger strike by 140 detainees at the the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has ended after GEO and ICE have said they'll improve meal quality and consistency. The strike was called by immigrants held at the

One day, the Northwest Detention Center will be shut down

The Tacoma prison camp is a grim place, situated between a maze of railroad tracks and surrounded by razor wire. It looks exactly like what it is: a concentration camp where 1,500 people are held, many indefinitely.

Cascadia today: Cascadia has spent $380 million on fires + Spokane bans data centers + dark history of the Klan in OR

Lawsuit in OR challenges feds expanding grazing Oregon Capital Chronicle reports that the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Oregon opposing the Trump regime's plan to vastly expand cattle grazing on 24 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)