WA governor vows to protect net neutrality, risking homelessness in Eastern Oregon, Ijeoma Oluo on fighting patriarchy, Squamish youth fighting for change in band council, a love letter to BC's Shuswap region, and Anca Szilagy on writing a "not"-Holocaust novel.
Enviro groups offer reward in killing of two wolves in eastern WA, are new Oregon pesticide safety rules enough?, why progressive whites in Cascadia still need "The Talk" on race, a dance performance honoring Kathy Change, and Seattle poet Jane Wong receives Artist Trust award.
More reaction to British Columbia's Site C dam decision, former Portland mayor Vera Katz dies, using tiny homes to protest pipelines, Seattle's best artists of 2017, and Vancouver's poet laureate edits an anthology about the cultural importance of food.
BC goes forward on controversial Site C dam, Seattle has nation's third-highest homeless population, an Oregon legislator speaks out about harassment, a BC smokejumper's exciting memoir, and an excerpt from Matthew McIntosh's 1,660-page novel theMystery.doc.
Protesters and First Nations opponents await decision on BC dam; Trump repeals oil train safety rules; Bitcoin is sucking up Cascadia's electric power; Chinese artist Ai Wei-Wei has exhibit in Eugene; and a new poem by Seattle poet Sarah Jones.
Trump's crackdown on immigration leads to asylum influx in BC, Cascadia's big cities aren't hip anymore, movement to ban fish farms grows, Portland museum tries again for new pavilion, and Seattle poet Melinda Mueller's verse honors bad-ass women throughout history.
Cascadia cities attempt to deal with rising rents; is British Columbia failing to support women victims of violence? The books that helped Lidia Yuknavitch get through Trump's first year, a First Nations poet responds to the art installation Native Ground, and more on the controversial Site C Dam proposal.
Will Oregon national monument be next on Trump's chopping block? Plus, Northwest states nervous about cuts to children's health care; decision soon on controversial BC dam; a Seattle writer takes on Amazon bro culture, and an excerpt from Seattle author Anca Szilagyi's debut novel.
US tax bill will hit Oregon hard, controversial approaches to homeless camps in Seattle & Portland, why some killer whales are thriving, Seattle band Smokey Brights has a new EP about divisive politics, broken hearts, and absent dialogues, and a Portland printmaker's poetry animations.
Portland to toll drivers on a busy stretch of I-5, a program connecting artists with disabled people, travel maven Rick Steves on the importance of philanthropy, fighting loneliness in Cascadia's cities, and a Portland author on the importance of telling stories to children without happy endings.
