Young Activist Programs Seeks Participants — and Support
The Peace and Justice Action League (PJALS) is accepting applications for its 2012-2013 Young Activist Leaders Program, an eight-month crash course …
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Big Water, Little Water
A few weeks ago, after a number of seasonal water-related deaths made headlines, I posted an article about water safety …
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Love Among the Ruins
They named her “Joy” – because she had never know it.
“She was so small, but her face looked like that of an old woman who carried the weight of the world on her shoulders,” says 28-year-old Brittany Hilker, who found Marie Joy, 1 1/2 years old at the time, amid the rubble of the Haitian earthquake. She weighed less than fifteen pounds.
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What’s a Primary Vote Worth?
Being an informed, engaged citizen in a democracy requires effort. In the extremely oppressive heat of this August election day, …
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Q&A: Audrey Connor, the New YSC Coordinator
Audrey Connor is the new Youth Sustainability Council Coordinator at Community-Minded Enterprises. She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School …
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Frack Land
Thriving Boom or Catastrophic Gut Shot? Williston, in the northwestern corner of North Dakota, used to be known as the …
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Bound for Glory
Think about it – maybe you could take the train! Here we are on the brink of the great American …
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New Leadership for the MAC?
Just last summer, they interrupted the music and dancing at BeGin, a monthly after-hours social at the Museum of Arts …
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Humans: Gunpowder or Animals?
A guest post by Lesley Dawson I am being forced, partially against my will, to write short stories about my …
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Buddy Ball Auction to Fund Accessible Field
Some players hit far into the outfield. Others hit grounders off a tee on the fifth try. But nobody strikes …
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Attack of the Zebra Mussels!
It sounds like something out of a comic book: an alien aquatic species infiltrates eastern Europe. It feeds on endangered …
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What Our Classmates Didn’t Know About Jolie
Jolie sat on a blue picnic table outside our school cafeteria, soaking in the sun in her pleather pants and …
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I’ve been a Fleetwood Mac fan for a long time now (as anyone who’s seen me sing karaoke can attest), …
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“Long Day in Coming”
Spokane tentatively agrees to settle the Otto Zehm case for $1.67 million, police reforms, and an apology to Otto’s mother. …
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A Splendid Enigma
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 Dan Treecraft may have been the most difficult friend a person could have. He was also irreplaceable, …
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A Real Gusher, for Cows
DECEMBER 23, 2011 In a high stakes water use case involving a Franklin County feedlot, the Washington Supreme Court says …
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