
Please tax my capital-gains profits: Washington’s crises demand it | Op-Ed
Nobody likes to pay taxes, especially rich people. But Washington can emerge from this crisis quickly, and better for everyone, if we finally require our...
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Nobody likes to pay taxes, especially rich people. But Washington can emerge from this crisis quickly, and better for everyone, if we finally require our...
Providing small business owners with grants to lower the barrier to hiring their first employee or for opening a business in an economically depressed area...
The passing of decades lulls us into a false sense of complacency. Committing resources now to strengthen our buildings, bridges and facilities will save money...
A statue in our nation’s capital honoring the life of Billy Frank Jr. would be a lasting symbol of his commitment to nonviolent social change.
Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold hopes you will forget that she, along with six of her council colleagues, pledged to defund the police department by 50%,...
The criminal legal system of monetary sanctions is a permanent punishment for poor people and disproportionately affects Black Americans, Latino/a and Native American people.
Stripping funding from SPD without meaningfully standing up the alternative community resources and social programs necessary to provide for community well-being risks undermining the progress...
Until vaccination is widespread, even mild COVID-19 infection will continue to have systemic and human costs long beyond the week or two of acute illness.
The time is now for all our state legislators and governor to hear from you before they create a law that will permanently hurt the...
Washington State House Republicans released a budget that funds the state’s needs without raising taxes or cutting vital services. Our budget delivers relief, not rhetoric,...
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