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Last week, a group I helped create, Cascadia Democratic Action, organized a food drive in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Our goal was to help neighbors hurt by the Trump administration's refusal to fund SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. Food banks are already under enormous strain
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Did governor Bob Ferguson just launch the movement for Cascadia independence? The Cascadia Innovation Corridor, an organization started by former Washington governor Chris Gregoire, has for nearly ten years dedicated itself to forging close ties between Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia – especially in the realm of tech companies, research, transportation,
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Earlier this week, after Washington state opened enrollment in the Washington Health Plan Exchange, I logged in to my account to see how much my monthly premiums will go up if Congress fails to renew federal subsidies for Obamacare, which expire this year. The rate, with subsidies, will be the
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Many of us will be returning to No Kings protests across Cascadia this weekend. It's the sequel to the June 14 rallies and marches that brought between 4 and 6 million people into the streets in 2,100 cities to demonstrate against Donald Trump's authoritarian regime.
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As the federal deadlock between the GOP and Democrats continues, mostly over extending subsidies that keep Obamacare affordable for millions of people, the government shutdown has me thinking about changing views of federalism and how this could change things for those of us who live in Cascadia. Support Cascadia Journal
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There's been a lot of talk lately about the concept of "soft secession," which first surfaced in a post at The Existential Republic back in August. The idea is that blue states such as California, Oregon, and Washington are testing the waters to see how much
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It's been a gradual process, but I now identify as a resident of Cascadia rather than a resident of the United States. Rethinking one's identity and loyalties can be a difficult but clarifying process. For me, it has become more urgent with the election of Donald
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As the United States today continues its depressing descent into political violence and fascism, perhaps it's time to review some of the best books I read this summer. Each year, I play Seattle Public Library's Summer Book Bingo, trying to fill in spaces in all sorts
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This week, reacting to the meltdown of the CDC under HHS leader and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the governors of three west coast states – Washington, Oregon, and California – announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance that will center their vaccine and other public health policies
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This week, federal immigration officials arrested two wildland firefighters working to contain the Bear Gulch fire on Washington's Olympic peninsula. According to reporting from the AP, the two firefighters, who worked for a contractor helping to prevent the human-caused fire from spreading, were living in the US
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After a massive earthquake in Kamchatka Russia in late July sent a tsunami across the Pacific, we were lucky that it had mostly minor effects on the coast of Cascadia. But the quake serves as a wake-up call about the risks of a similar mega-quake in the Pacific