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Medicare for None? 0

Medicare for None?

(Note: Martha Koester contributed much of the content of this posting.) Lots of progressives want single-payer healthcare: Medicare for All. But if the Democrats don’t shape up and if Republicans get their way, we may...

Karen Porterfield to Challenge Dave Reichert in WA-08 0

Karen Porterfield to Challenge Dave Reichert in WA-08

At Wednesday’s general meeting of the 31st Legislative District Democrats, I met Karen Porterfield, a Management Consultant and Adjunct Faculty member at Seattle University, who is running against Dave Reichert in Washington’s 8th Congressional...

A new idea for expanding college access 0

A new idea for expanding college access

This time of year, high school seniors who plan to go to community college or the University of Washington take a look at the actual price of admission — and then try to figure...

Ode to Occupy 0

Ode to Occupy

Our friends Dennis Trainor and Ariel Zevon created this super sweet ode to the movement. Thank you to them and everyone making this social movement beautiful, fun, and effective.