Washington Liberals

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 District. After the 2010 redistricting, the new borders of the 8th stretch across the Cascades from North Yelm in the southwest…

The Vatican’s Latest Target in the War on Women: Nuns “The Vatican is cracking down. Not on corruption, child molestation or homophobia, but rather on American nuns. The bishops want to put a stop to the sisters’ focus on social justice. And thanks to their second-class status within the Church, the nuns have little recourse.…

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 out with their parents whether they can make it work. It gets tougher every year. Just 10 years ago, UW tuition…

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.

MF Global: The Untold Story of the Biggest Wall Street Collapse Since Lehman “There are plenty of lessons to be learned from MF Global and heart-pounding policy implications; all of which we can count on Congress to ignore at the behest of the Wall Street money and lobby machine until the next epic financial crisis.”

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice “Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies” All films are shown at Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ 5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle 0.4 miles west of the I-5 NE 50th St. Exit – Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44 (Admission to all films is FREE of charge and…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Declare the Pacific Northwest an Eviction FREE Zone! Eviction Protection Organizer Training Join us this weekend, April 28 & 29 in Tacoma, WA Learn from the country’s best with trainers from City Life/Vida Urbana of Boston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an incredible opportunity for us West Coast activists to learn from the best. The City…

Action for the American Dream ORGANIZED ACTION NEAR MICROSOFT CAMPUS BELLEVUE One hundred twelve of us did it last November when we Occupied Sammamish at 128th. We can do it again with your help. Bring a friend! When: Thursday, April 26 3:30-5:00 Meet: At the Bellevue North Community Center. Park nearest the street. Please carpool…

According to Inslee: No new taxes needed to fund education, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee said Friday the state doesn’t need new taxes to fulfill its education funding obligations, even though Gov. Chris Gregoire says new revenue has to be considered. Inslee said that he is focused on raising the state’s revenue by encouraging economic…

At Bob Hasegawa’s State Senate campaign kickoff event in Renton today (Sunday), I spoke with Washington State Labor Council president Jeff Johnson. I asked Johnson what he thought of State Dem Chair Dwight Pelz’s criticisms of Dennis Kucinich. Johnson authorized me to report that when he heard of Pelz’s words, Johnson phoned Pelz and told…