Andrew Engelson - Cascadia Journal (Page 16)

A view of the Port of Tacoma on a cloudy day, with red, blue, and green shipping containers lined up waiting to be put on trains in the foreground, cranes in the background.

Daily digest: Federal policies hammer Cascadia economy, Oregon's $800 million ballpark, and celebrating Juneteenth

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Rolling hills filled with sagebrush and juniper and in the distance, smoke rising from a wildfi

Daily Digest: ICE scares off cherry pickers, fires force evacuations & making Seattle affordable for artists

Good morning, Cascadia. Here's your daily roundup of news and arts from across the bioregion as we work to resist the fascist regime and to peacefully work for a free, independent Cascadia. If you appreciate this newsletter, please consider supporting it with a paid subscription, thanks. Support Cascadia

A wave crashes on a small island offshore of a rocky beach. In the distance another small island is topped by several Sitka Spruce.

Daily Digest: Portland's high homeless death rate, BC national parks are free & a book of Rupert Kinnard's comics

Are Portland sweeps increasing homeless death rate? Street Roots has an excellent, detailed report looking at the rates of death of people living without shelter in Multnomah county (which mostly encompasses the city of Portland) and the data are sobering: the Portland area has one of the highest rates of

At a crowded march on a street in Seattle's Capitol Hill Neighborhood a protester waves a Cascadia Doug flag

Daily Digest: No Kings marches across Cascadia, wildfires smolder & a conversation with BC artist Carol Itter

Thousands turn out for No Kings marches across Cascadia In a defiant message to Donald Trump on the occasion of his sparsely-attended Soviet-style military parade, More than 100,000 people turned our for No Kings protests across Cascadia. The Seattle Times reported that more than 70,000 marched from Cal

Daily Digest: AG Brown says it's fascism, crash raises questions about 787, & First Nations street name in Vancouver

Good morning! Here's the latest news from and impacting Cascadia (there's a lot!). If you missed it, be sure to read my latest essay, In Favor of Civil Disobedience. Hope to see some of you out in Cal Anderson Park in Seattle tomorrow. Stay safe, everyone.

A protester wearing T-Shirt with a skull image holds a handmade sign the reads Abolish ICE.

Daily Digest: Spokane resists ICE, Ferguson seeks more cuts, & a celebration of Black music

Good morning, Cascadia! Here's a roundup of news, arts & culture from across the bioregion. Thanks again to my paid subscribers. I make this newsletter available free to read, but a paid subscription helps me continue. Appreciate the support! Support my newsletter for just $5 per month Spokane

A crowd of protesters in a park in summer holds numerous signs critical of Donald Trump as paper butterflies hover overhead in the foreground.

In favor of civil disobedience

Support my newsletter for just $5 per month Like others in my generation, as a child, I was sometimes spanked. It wasn't a regular occurrence, something only used in exceptional circumstances. But when it happened, it was terrifying. I remember times locking myself in the bathroom to escape

ICE officers in tactical combat gear with vests that read "Police" on the back gather outside the door of a building preparing to enter.

Daily Digest: ICE tactical units headed to Cascadia, SPD chief thinks Trump might jail him & George Takei's artistic creation debuts in Portland

Good morning, Cascadia! In this moment of crisis, it's important to have accurate, on-the-ground coverage of what's happening in Pacific Northwest and information on how our bioregion is responding to what has clearly becoming an authoritarian US government. Can you help support my work? I'

Correction regarding cruise statistics

Good morning. I'm sending out a correction to this morning's Cascadia Journal newsletter. We reported that the Port of Seattle is seeing a 26 percent decline over last year, but the Port's dashboard is not current for 2025, and the 26 percent decline that

On the Seattle waterfront, a large cruise ship is docked at pier 66 as a car and a cyclist pass in front of it.

Daily Digest: Cascadia eyes ICE protests, & tribe buys Uncle Sam billboard

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Daily Digest:Cascadia eyes LA protests, Trump seeks to sell public lands & Portland Book Week

California resists as migrants fear reporting harassment Good morning! Things got heated in California over the weekend, as protests in Los Angeles against ICE raids broke out and Trump activated the National Guard (and California sued to stop him). Cascadia watched with intense interest and was relieved that Washington governor

A sign reading "WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON" is displayed below a tanker car on an train carrying liquified natural gas.

Daily Digest: BC approves gas pipeline, grocery workers approve strike, & Black joy in Kubota Garden

Good morning! If you haven't already, be sure to check out my essay on why Cascadia should deport ICE from our region. And if you like the work I'm doing, please help support Cascadia Journal with a paid subscription, thanks! Support Cascadia Journal BC approves controversial