University of British Columbia economist David Green has been commissioned by the BC government to study the pros and cons of basic income. In an era of automation and income inequality, a basic income could provide stability -- but critics on the left and right question its cost and effectiveness.
Climate scientist Sarah Myhre writes about how women scientists in Seattle are working for justice and equity, forming organizations like 500 Women Scientists. Myrhe also talks with professor Sapna Cheryan about her research into how women have been excluded from STEM fields.
Entrepreneurs like Raft Hollingsworth are creating new minority-owned cannabis businesses across Cascadia. But people of color face huge hurdles in the race to enter the Northwest's legal weed industry--although new efforts are taking shape to increase equity in communities hit hardest by the War on Drugs.
First Nations activists are using an array of tactics to oppose KinderMorgan's proposed TransMountain pipeline across British Columbia. Using lawsuits, direct action, and construction of tiny homes in the pipeline's path, Cascadia's Indigenous nations are taking lessons from the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota.
Faced with skyrocketing housing costs, the three largest cities in the Pacific Northwest -- Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland-- are taking different approaches to reigning in costs and building more affordable units, whether it's changing zoning, increasing public-funded housing, or making deals with developers.
Though WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson gets most of the attention, two female attorneys in the civil rights division, Colleen Melody and Marsha Chien, are leading the fight against Trump's controversial executive orders, from the Muslim travel ban to DACA.
