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Republican Brad Toft caught exaggerating educational credentials 0

Republican Brad Toft caught exaggerating educational credentials

The Olympian is reporting Wash. candidate exaggerates education credentials: Republican hopeful Brad Toft described himself on his website materials as a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and as having an “executive degree in finance”...

Why We Must Oppose Political Corruption 1

Why We Must Oppose Political Corruption

(originally published at springforhouse.org) Friends and neighbors, As you may know, I am a Democratic candidate for the State House of Representatives here in East King County. I am a lifelong Democrat. My parents were...

Power Past Coal meetings 0

Power Past Coal meetings

http://www.powerpastcoal.org/ You are needed! RSVP to attend a coal export hearing Let us know if you can make it!  We’ll follow up with the details and key info ahead of the date.  Here are...

Chomsky on Anarchism 3

Chomsky on Anarchism

For folks with an open mind who want to know more about anarchism:   Noam Chomsky on Anarchism, Marxism & Hope for the Future   Noam Chomsky is widely known for his critique of...

Why we should retire 401(k) plans for pensions 0

Why we should retire 401(k) plans for pensions

Eight years ago, while thousands of corporations were shutting down their retirement plans, the United Methodist Church decided to go back to the future. The Methodists took a lesson from their faith. The Methodist...

Michael Parenti on the Pathology of Wealth 0

Michael Parenti on the Pathology of Wealth

Next Friday night, Oct 19th. Community potluck, meet and greet the author, book sales thanks to Last Word Books and free talk from Dr. Michael Parenti at 7 pm. Lecture Hall 1 at The...

What about the Middle Class? 0

What about the Middle Class?

The title of recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek says it all: Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened. Much of this imbalance in income growth can be explained by looking...