Jan 29, 2025 · W ith the official opening of the 2025 legislative session on Jan. 13, Washington state lawmakers are bracing for a 120-day window to pass all the state laws for the year. Amidst the backdrop of a potentially hostile incoming Trump administration, many in the state Democratic Party — which holds comfortable majorities in both the state House and Senate — anticipate renewed attacks on ...

2 days ago · The People’s March in Olympia was among a series of protests across the nation leading up to the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. Since being sworn into office, President Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government and the private sector. These executive orders also target transgender ...

1 day ago · Editor’s note: The Real Change advocacy team has endorsed Prop 1A; the views of the newsroom are independent from the organization. With Seattle’s Feb. 11 special election looming, competition between Proposition 1A and 1B, the two dueling social housing ballot measures, is heating up. Since the start of 2025, the campaigns have collectively raised more than half a million dollars for ads ...

3 days ago · Stop the Sweeps Seattle believes housing is a human right and that everyone deserves to have safe, secure, dignified housing. That is why we fully endorse the people-powered initiative Proposition 1A that is on the ballot for the Feb. 11 special election.

1 day ago · The city of Burien has passed a new anti-homeless camping ban, again. On Jan. 27, by a 5-2 vote, the Burien City Council approved an emergency ordinance to make it illegal to camp or store objects on public property at any time illegal, effectively criminalizing homelessness in …

4 days ago · After countless failed attempts to get sober, I’ve finally achieved what many said I never could. But it took me 15 long, grueling years to get here, and I believe the primary reason was my homelessness. ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Last week, I read a great op-ed in the Portland Mercury about the role of policy change in poverty alleviation. The piece, called “Homelessness is Economics” by long-time political consultant, activist and candidate for office Jonathan Tasini, outlined the ways policies focus on the symptom of homelessness, not the reasons why people become homeless. ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Local and global fight against deportation flights. Over at the King County International Airport, commonly known as Boeing Field, on Christmas Eve 2024, a small group of volunteers crowd around a table in a fluorescent-lit conference room, peering at a CCTV feed.

Jan 16, 2025 · W ith the official opening of the 2025 legislative session on Jan. 13, Washington state lawmakers are bracing for a 120-day window to pass all the state laws for the year. Amidst the backdrop of a potentially hostile incoming Trump administration, many in the state Democratic Party — which holds comfortable majorities in both the state House and Senate — anticipate renewed attacks on ...

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