Issue #307
Clueless rich kids on the rise: How millennial aristocrats will destroy our future
Prevailing neoliberal ideology, which perverts
Prevailing neoliberal ideology, which perverts
King County Murray got job at UW amid cuts In 2009, the University of Washington faced an $81 million state budget cut, rising tuition, and elimination of hundreds of jobs. Its Office of Planning and Budgeting took one of the largest hits, with the budget slashed by 16 percent. Nevertheless, the small department found money that fall…
Republican senators dig in against tea party primary challenges When Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) took the stage recently at a Chamber of Commerce brisket dinner, he not only defended his pork-barrel spending, he spoke about the goodness of government—something few Republicans have dared to do since the small-government tea party movement swept through their party. His…
King County No politics, please, we’re immigrants Immigration has transformed the Eastside’s demographics, culture and economy. But what about its politics? Why are its immigrants and other minorities largely absent from elected office? The Eastside’s political leadership includes two notable trailblazers: Hong Kong-born Conrad Lee, a member of Bellevue’s city council since 1994 and its mayor since…
Inequality has been going on forever, but that doesn’t mean it’s inevitable We have been living with rising income inequality for so long—in good times and bad, under Republican presidents and Democratic ones—that it has come to seem inevitable. It is no longer news that the affluent did better than everyone else during the booms…
King County McGinn’s proposed 2014 budget reflects improving economy Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn Monday submitted a proposed 2014 general fund budget to the City Council that, for the first time in four years, doesn’t make major cuts. The improving economy translates into increased city revenues that the mayor said will allow him to add 176 employees…
Why Democrats must take sides in the class war The waning of America’s middle class presents a huge challenge to the nation’s oldest political party. The Democrats’ ability to improve the economic lives of most Americans has been their primary calling card to the nation’s voters ever since Franklin Roosevelt became president. Since the 1940s, however, the…