Idaho moves to limit citizen initiatives, how a BC politician is making Trudeau nervous, schools south of Seattle not prepping kids for college, OR looks to ban aerial herbicide spraying, Seattle sci-fi author Vonda McIntyre dies, & Ijeoma Oluo on the frustrations of fighting racism.
Death rates climb in Oregon and Washington jails, the data guy of Vancouver's zany housing market, wildfire season starts early in Cascadia, why we need Bigfoot, shortlist for the BC Book Awards announced, and photography by Lauren Ray.
A big literary shindig in Portland, another immigrant seeks sanctuary in a Seattle church, BC warming at twice the global rate, will Oregon give 16-year-olds the right to vote? Orcas are insufferable gossips, poetry by Ian Williams, and a memoir/essay/poem by Mercedes Eng.
A poem about Vancouver's most famous crow, Oregon considers juvenile justice reform, this year's harsh winter hard on French fries, the fight over the Salish Sea's declining herring, the second Orcas Island Lit Fest is April 5-7, and poetry by Dujie Tahat.
Hike a wildlife refuge on Puget Sound, WA looks to ban 3-D printed guns, why is child marriage still legal in Idaho?, should drug sellers be accountable for overdose deaths?, BC legislature demands the ladies cover up, Mitchell S. Jackson's memoir of growing up black in Portland & new fiction by Sharma Shields.
What to do at AWP Portland, WA budget to boost taxes, why bike lanes need buy-in from black communities, new wolf pack found in Oregon, Seattle looks to end library fines, photos from Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1970s & 80s, and poetry by Martha Silano.
A profile of Cascadia Magazine at The Tyee, two new poems by Fiona Tinwei Lam, Oregon tackles campaign finance reform, will Vancouver address homeless death crisis?, electric seaplanes to connect Cascadia, learning lessons from Oso landslide, fiction by Carla Cristofaro & poetry by Kamari Bright.
Vancouver's modular housing success story, will OR pass major pesticide restrictions?, a wedding at a Tacoma immigration detention center, nullifying the Warm Springs treaty, paintings of angry white men in Vancouver, and poetry by Tess Gallagher.
Criminal investigation into Boeing 737 approval, more money for housing in BC, but what about renters?, the doctor behind Oregon's anti-vaxx movement, democracy & ecology on Haida Gwaii, Oregon Shakespeare Festival's appoints Nataki Garrett as artistic director, and remembering BC poet Patrick Lane.
Controversy over transgender rights in Vancouver, Portland approves plan to allow more housing, more monitoring of Cascadia's volcanoes, making banking easier for leg cannabis businesses, will Oregon's strippers change employment status?, celebrating women-owned presses, & poetry by Channdika Thayver.
