The lesson of St. Louis. Valerie Tarico on March 5, 2013 at 11:11 am This post is 1 in the series: Fifty Times Better than the Pill Photo Credit: Chris JL via Compfight cc Last fall, researchers in Missouri caught the attention of public health experts and advocates across North America. Some 9,000 St. Louis…
In Why Tim Eyman should, at last, run for public office Seattle P-I columnist Joel Connelly rightly attacks anti-tax activist Tim Eyman for proposing voter initiatives that have made it impossible to adequately fund education, social services, and other government services. Connelly writes: Eyman, as a legislator, would have to help write a budget. He…
If you have not seen the Seattle Raging Grannies, you have missed a remarkable experience. If you like your political recipe spicy, with a lefty twist…and sprinkled with humor…these ladies are for you. Disclaimer! Some right-wing diners have experienced severe acid reflux and incontinence, disconcertion, distress, and discomfort. If you experience a dejection lasting longer…
In the age of sequestration, our Shared Sacrifice My @$$ video is more appropriate than ever. Allow yourself to laugh-off the disappointment and then channel your outrage into ACTION! Join the Strategy & Solidarity Call Among Backbone Allies Wednesday, March 6th at 4 PM Pacific / 7 PM Eastern Members on the call have been…
“Building the Peace and Justice Movement Inside and Outside the Democratic Party” Steve Cobble moderates, with Phyllis Bennis, Medea Benjamin, Donna Smith and Robert Score, The People’s Inauguration, University of the District of Columbia Law School, January 19, 2013.
You are invited to participate in this conference call on the NDAA and indefinite detention. Â Shahid Bhuttar and Rocky Anderson will speak, and there will be time for questions http://www.justicepartyusa.org/indefinite_detention_conference_call You are invited to participate: Â Indefinite Detention Conference Call, Saturday, March 9 Part of the Justice Party mission is to raise awareness, inspire, organize, and…
Norm Conrad reports:Â WAMEND is the powerful anti-Citizens United and anti-CCP group that you may not have heard of yet. Â We are a coalition of the many major local and national organizations who have been fighting behind the scenes to get big money out of politics. Â It is about time we opened the floodgates of…
In 2008 the crybaby corporations ran to Uncle Sam for a bailout — after crashing the economy. But conservatives pretend they don’t need government. How well could corporations do business without government laws, protections, regulations, and bailouts? Originally published in 2011.
http://seattlebikeblog.com/2013/03/02/state-lawmaker-says-bicycling-is-not-good-for-the-environment-should-be-taxed/ Representative Ed Orcutt (R – Kalama) does not think bicycling is environmentally friendly because the activity causes cyclists to have “an increased heart rate and respiration.†This is according to comments he made in an email to a constituent who questioned the wisdom of a new bike tax the legislature is considering as part…