Immigrant seeks refuge in Seattle church, white resident calls cops on black OR legislator campaigning, a big, bad wolf biologist tangles with ranchers, artist RYAN! Feddersen shatters Native American stereotypes, and paintings of people on the margins by Vancouver artist Alex Sandvoss.
A report from the Cascadia Convergence, the region resists ICE & immigration policy, controversial use of police force at Portland State University, wildfires in Naches, WA and southwest OR, an interview with hip-hop artist Logic Aman, and the Seattle mystery pop machine has vanished!
What do new BC rules for fish farms mean for wild salmon? Hike Mount Wells outside Victoria, BC, a new app used to harass the homeless, OR gun safety measure probably won't be on ballot, "Leave No Trace," a new film set in Cascadia, and an essay by Celestine Aleck (Sahiltiniye).
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.
