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The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report Who Pays? A distributional analysis of the tax systems in all 50 states shows just how regressive the tax system is, both nationally and, especially, in...
The Washington state legislature is still engrossed in a special Session.  The House passed a budget yesterday that avoided major cuts to education, but kept the new proposed accounting system for sales-tax receipts collected on...
Occupy CEHKC, April 24-25 24-hours to change how Seattle sees homelessness Real Change, SHARE/WHEEL, and Nickelsville are calling upon the broader community to join us this April 24-25 in a 24-hour wake-up call to...
(Sure, the Repugs are worse, but that doesn’t excuse Obama from prosecuting the whistleblowers but not the torturers. If this news is accurate — and I assume it is — it is sickening indeed. ...
The News Tribune is reporting Zarelli draws federal disability, eyes state cuts A Washington [State] lawmaker has been drawing thousands of dollars in disability payments each year while leading efforts to eliminate benefits the state...
New Bush-Era Torture Memo Released, Raises Questions About What Has Changed And What Hasn’t
and looking forward to the predicted drop in pollution! Here is the frame: In 1972 a bunch of computer nerds were commissioned by the Club of Rome to complete computer modeling of finite resources,...
Mayors against Illegal Guns is reporting: Before he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman had been arrested for assaulting a police officer and subject to a court order for domestic violence. But thanks...
We do have options in the next election.
Australian physician, Helen Caldicott, is Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thanks toTodd Boyle for capturing Helen Caldicott’s lecture in Seattle, and Mike McCormick for editing.
