BC First Nations fight for wild salmon, blockade of Portland ICE facility ended, scandal grows over BC casino money laundering, did the NRA kill two Oregon gun safety initiatives?, a new collection of writing on food and sustenance by BC writers, and poetry by Seattle's Lok Fung.
Hike Oregon's Lookout Mountain this weekend, Victoria opens safe injection site, Vancouver transit breaks records, what's causing Salem's toxic water?, the dangers of the Columbia Bar, why a mother threw her children from a Portland bridge, and mapping the liminal weirdness of Seattle.
Looking for solutions to Cascadia's overdose crisis, WA & OR to sue feds over family separations, how to fix Indigenous child welfare?, improving conditions for Seattle's domestic workers, pikas are in peril across Cascadia, an interview with OR poet laureate Kim Stafford, & a poem by EJ Koh.
First Nations get veto power over BC fish farms, protesters close down Portland ICE facility, what next for Seattle homeless policy after head tax repeal?, Seattle's queer heroes, a Buddhist monastery in White Salmon, WA, and "In This America," poetry by Spokane's Kathryn Smith.
How activists created Vancouver's first safe injection site, data show Vancouver police are racially profiling, Salem Oregon's water still contaminated, delays ahead for BC pipeline, how a Seattle scientist got political, bumblebees in decline in Cascadia, & a review of Chelene Knight's memoir.
Seattle debates creating a safe-injection site, Will Vancouver follow Seattle & elect progressive council? Oregon drought hitting ranchers hard, alternative to youth jails, an interview with Seattle author Kim Fu, and a poem about school shootings by Seattle civic poet Anstacia-Renee.
Will Seattle join Vancouver in offering safe consumption sites for drug users? Horrific story of mothers separated from children at Sea-Tac prison, OR nonprofit brings together rangers & environmentalists, Seattle's Kelton Sears creates art with GIFs, and poetry by Vancouver poet Chelene Knight.
Portland to vote on big investment in affordable housing, Cascadia high speed rail advocates pitch BC, Ocean Shores confronts tsunami threat, Yurok tribe fights for salmon recovery in Klamath River, pedestrian death rates in WA spiking, dance festivals in Cascadia, and Marissa Korbel on toxic masculinity.
Seattle to repeal tax for homeless housing & services, US Supreme Court rules in favor of salmon, Seattle's safe injection site downgraded to van, abortion an issue in Oregon this fall?, BC proportional representation supporters rally, a new documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, & poetry by John Sibley Williams.
Hike Cowiche Mountain near Yakima, WA apple growers brace for US trade war, housing crisis hits Tukwila, a profile of the 21-year-old leading protests against BC pipeline, Portland prosecutors sharing information with ICE, Portland feminist bookstore closes, and bilingual poetry by Lok Fung.
