WA attorney general sues Motel 6 for release of data to ICE, feds revoke rule that allowed legal pot in Cascadia, how to fight British Columbia's Site C dam, Lindy West on why it's up to men to fix sexism, how Spokane is booming, and a poem, "A Few Preexisting Conditions," by Kevin Craft
Seattle and Portland pump cash into affordable housing, will BC pass $10-a-day childcare?, moving mountain goats from the Olympics to Cascades, Nikkita Oliver on Seattle's failed progressivism, Oregon health care initiative on ballot, and an interview with artist Michael Brophy.
Will Portland really fight homelessness in 2018? Two leaders who will battle in the next WA legislative session, the decline and return of Pacific lingcod, a new book on the causes of Cascadia's devastating wildfires, a new sound art gallery in Portland, and a poem by Seattle's youth poet laureate.
2017 is nearly over, but before you say "thank goodness," have a look at these best-of lists from across Cascadia in 2017. Remember the top news stories, and recall achievements in the arts across the Pacific Northwest, from music and theater to dance and comic books.
Whale-watching rules making a difference, inside Seattle's homeless sweeps, the biggest Douglas-firs of Cascadia, why you should give to the arts in Oregon, the NDP can't have it both ways on Site C dam, and an interview with theMystery.doc's author Matthew McIntosh.
What happens when Black Lives Matter protests get too white? Confronting gentrification in Cascadia, bees and starfish make a comeback, Marshall Islanders in Spokane face the fallout of nuclear tests, a French illustrator in Vancouver, and an interview with Seattle author Anca Szilagyi.
How Cascadia's pot laws differ, a visit to British Columbia's forbidden bird island, 20 years after Elliott Smith's "Either/Or," Shawn Vestal on why training isn't all that's needed to stop harassment, powerful local poetry of 2017, and an essay by Portland writer Judith Barrington.
A year of environmental victories in Cascadia, BC to dispense heroin substitute in effort to fight overdoses, Seattle & Oregon find money to fight homelessness, first-person account of Amtrak crash, 50 years after the film that made Sasquatch legend, a Vancouver writer's novel take on polyamory.
Mistrial in case against armed takeover of OR wildlife refuge, Oregon to propose cap-and-trade next year, interview with BC Green Party leader, last-minute holiday shopping ideas to support local authors, a video on the art of reconciliation by First Nations artist Michelle Sylliboy.
Amazon's diversity problem, what Seattle can learn from Vancouver on housing affordability, oil spill in Salem, tribal courts succeeding where traditional justice has fail, a big chunk of Idaho designated a "dark sky reserve," and listen to Claudia Castro Luna read "Seattle's Poem"
