Month: January 2006

I just got this in an e-mail to the Democracy for Washington mailing list from one of the most hard-working activists I’ve ever met in the Seattle area. Spread the word: 14 senators who might waver on Alito and possibly...

Economic news is important both in its own right, and in how it shapes the terms of political debate.  That’s especially true now, when the news seems to be pointing in both directions at the same time.  To...

Two years ago, Japan imposed a blanket ban on US beef imports after mad cow disease was first discovered in a US infected cow in Washington state in 2003. Only a month after resuming beef imports from the United States, Japanese...

We’ve all been on outrage overload lately and we vent in various ways.  Some write diaries, some speak with like-minded individuals.  Some pick up a paintbrush.  Yesterday I picked up mine and did my...

Unless you have lived, worked with, and especially employed young people in the inner city, it can be difficult to understand their situation. One of the most frustrating things about doing hires in the city is getting the...