Andrew Engelson - Cascadia Journal (Page 27)

Motorists parked at a viewpoint look out at the Columbia River Gorge.

What would it take to change Cascadia place names?

Place names are heated political topic these days. After a decades-long battle to officially re-name North America's highest peak, Alaska's Denali, in 2015 – one of Donald Trump's first executive orders was to officially rename it Mount McKinley again. And the Associated Press was kicked

A cruise ship sails in front of snow-capped mountains.

Daily Digest: Will Alaska cruise season run aground? A Black/queer series set in Vancouver

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Canada Green Party leader Elizabeth May gives a speech

Daily Digest: Green Party leader sees high emotion in Canada's election, Trump kills FEMA aid

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Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell gives a speech.

The Daily Digest: Seattle tax revenue tanks, Cascadia pummeled by federal cuts

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Paul Kelley, director of Yakima Office of the Public Defender, stands outside his office.

The Daily Digest: Rent limits, Crisis in Public Defense, Remembering Dave Allen

Rent in Cascadia will still be too damn high One of the most pressing issues in the Pacific Northwest is the shortage of housing, which drives up prices. State and local governments have grappled with ways to address the situation with varied degrees of success. Yesterday, the WA Senate passed

Protestors at a Hands Off protest at Seattle Center hold signs, including "RESIST" and "Could you imgaine if Obama did ANY of this?"

Cascadia Daily Digest 4-10-25

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Welcome to Cascadia Journal

On Monday, the US Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that allows the Trump administration to continue to kidnap Venezuelan immigrants living in the US and send them to prisons in El Salvador without due process. It's just one of a thousand cuts this administration has inflicted on

A map of the Cascadia bioregion, extending from Northern California north to Southeast Alaska and encompassing the drainages of the Columbia, Snake, and Fraser Rivers.

Introducing Cascadia Journal

Yesterday, the US Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that allows the Trump administration to continue to kidnap Venezuelan immigrants living in the US and send them to prisons in El Salvador without any due process. It's just one of a thousand cuts this administration has inflicted on

Welcome to Cascadia Journal

I'm Andrew Engelson, a journalist based in Seattle. I've been freelancing for more than two decades and cover wide range of topics including Cascadia politics, climate change and the environment, urbanism and transportation, law and the criminal justice system, LGBTQ and polyamory-related issues, and the arts.