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TruthOut is reporting on a bill introduced to the Washington State House: HB2272 was introduced by a bipartisan team of legislators, Rep. David Taylor, a Republican from Moxee, and Rep. Luis Moscoso, a former...

“Walkable City: how downtown can save America, one step at a time”, by Jeff Speck, was exciting to read. Speck presents all sorts of evidence and arguments that walkable downtowns — designed for people,...

Wednesday evening I went to a meeting of eastside MoveToAmend activists, in Bellevue.   Attendees discussed plans in place to collect signatures for I-1329, the initiative in support of an amendment to the US Constitution...

Oxfam released a report recently about economic inequality, World’s 85 richest people own nearly half of global wealth: Oxfam report. “In the US, the wealthiest 1 per cent of the population grabbed 95 per...

See also Killer Fact: 30-40 Percent of Health Care Spending in the U.S. Is Tied to Excess Sugar Consumption: And our political system does nothing but subsidize the problem. For the Love of Money...

State lawmakers should consider giving regular, free sex to Boeing execs to convince the company to stay in Washington State. Inspired by this article: Washington state pitches more help for Boeing. As Brendan Williams said on facebook: From 167-page state proposal offering Boeing further concessions on top...

RESOLUTION URGING EFFECTIVE REMEDIATION OF ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN TACTICS BY GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOC’N Whereas Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, on October 16, 2013, on behalf of the people of the State of Washington, filed a...

Much of the political activism in Seattle now is centered on the establishing a $15 minimum wage. Activists associated with Socialist city council member Kshama Savant are making a big push for a $15...

There’s a clever Gershwin song Nice work if you can get it which contains the lines: Holding hands at midnight, beneath a starry sky. Nice work if you can get it, and you can...