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Good morning! If you haven't already, read my essay this week about how Cascadia should get work to get rid of ICE and counter the Trump administration's illegal and cruel immigration crackdown. Also, in case you missed it, I won an award from the local chapter
Sign up for the free newsletter One day after a crowd of protesters defied a raid by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in a Latino neighborhood of Minneapolis, and several days after another crowd shouting "Shame!" surrounded ICE agents attempting to detain people at two restaurants
I won a journalism award. I found out yesterday that I'd won an award in the Society of Professional Journalists' 2024 Excellence in Journalism contest for the Pacific Northwest region that includes Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (oh, hello Cascadia!) My April 2024 feature for PubliCola,
Evictions are rising, straining safety net Investigate West has a detailed look at soaring eviction rates in King county, Washington – up 66 percent over pre-pandemic levels. Though rent stabilization and other supports should help, the increase is sure to put more people at risk of homelessness. Pressures on Cascadia'
Support my newsletter for just $5 per month Kshama Sawant to run for 9th District seat The social media rumor mill was busy speculating this weekend, but documentation with the Federal Election Commission confirms it: Democratic socialist firebrand and former Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant is running for the
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Good morning! Here's your daily collection of news and arts from across the Cascadia bioregion to help you get through our descent into fascism. If you like what you're reading, please help me out with a subscription of just $5 a month. Still short of my
In the past four decades, the Pacific Northwest has been a hotbed of musical creativity. Most of us know the trajectory of Nirvana and Seattle grunge in the 1990s, which produced memorable, noisy music from Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, and Screaming Trees. And a lot of us can point
Good morning! Here's your daily wrap-up of news, environmental reporting, and arts coverage from across Cascadia. I'm still 18 members shy of my goal of 50 paid subscribers by the end of the month. If you appreciate this newsletter, please consider chipping in $5 a month
Anti-LGBTQ rally in the heart of Seattle's queer community Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's administration approved a permit for a controversial rally by the far-right Christian group Mayday USA over the Memorial Day weekend, resulting in SPD arresting 23 counter-protesters, The Stranger reports. In other municipal news,
The Trump administration loves to create a phony crisis. No, the Tren de Aragua gang isn't taking over the US. There's no "energy emergency" that demands more oil drilling. And peaceful protesters challenging the genocide in Gaza aren't an existential threat to
