I won a journalism award. I found out yesterday that I'd won an award in the Society of Professional Journalists' 2024 Excellence in Journalism contest for the Pacific Northwest region that includes Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (oh, hello Cascadia!) My April 2024 feature for PubliCola,
Evictions are rising, straining safety net Investigate West has a detailed look at soaring eviction rates in King county, Washington – up 66 percent over pre-pandemic levels. Though rent stabilization and other supports should help, the increase is sure to put more people at risk of homelessness. Pressures on Cascadia'
Support my newsletter for just $5 per month Kshama Sawant to run for 9th District seat The social media rumor mill was busy speculating this weekend, but documentation with the Federal Election Commission confirms it: Democratic socialist firebrand and former Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant is running for the
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In the past four decades, the Pacific Northwest has been a hotbed of musical creativity. Most of us know the trajectory of Nirvana and Seattle grunge in the 1990s, which produced memorable, noisy music from Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, and Screaming Trees. And a lot of us can point
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Anti-LGBTQ rally in the heart of Seattle's queer community Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's administration approved a permit for a controversial rally by the far-right Christian group Mayday USA over the Memorial Day weekend, resulting in SPD arresting 23 counter-protesters, The Stranger reports. In other municipal news,
The Trump administration loves to create a phony crisis. No, the Tren de Aragua gang isn't taking over the US. There's no "energy emergency" that demands more oil drilling. And peaceful protesters challenging the genocide in Gaza aren't an existential threat to
Sign me up for the free Cascadia Journal newsletter WA governor signs budget with $9 billion in new taxes Yesterday, according to Washington State Standard, Washington governor Bob Ferguson signed a $78 billion, two-year state budget that includes $9 billion in new revenue, mostly in higher business taxes and a
Sign me up for the free Cascadia Journal e-newsletter Removing roadblocks to affordable housing We all know that housing is expensive all over Cascadia. And that's especially true in suburbs like the east side of King county. In my latest article for the Urbanist, I look at how
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