Initiative 103 Provides Tools Seattle Needs to Protect Our Community
Issue after issue in Seattle pits corporate power and influence peddling against residents and our environment. Initiative 103’s Community Bill of Rights provides the tools residents need to protect and manage what happens in our city. Take a...
Pacific Northwest Emerging as a Stronghold for a New Kind of Activism
There’s a new form of activism gaining strength in the Pacific Northwest. Citizen organizers in three Washington cities are gathering signatures to place initiatives on the November ballot that would limit corporate power and elevate peoples’ rights above corporate rights:...
Model Net Neutrality Ordinance for Seattle
Update: Be sure to read our backgrounder – Why a Free and Open Internet Matters which describes how the ordinance works, why it’s necessary and our theory of change. Recently, we wrote that local communities could take inspiration from Pittsburgh’s City Council...
Brene Brown’s TED Talks on Wholeheartedness, Vulnerability and Shame
Brene Brown is one of my favorite people. Her two TED talks below should be required viewing. You can also purchase her latest best-selling book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent,...
Raised, in part, by Radio Shack
Update: Thanks BoingBoing for linking. My lil’ sister writes in to say, “you forgot to mention that you never let your little sister play your video games and she used to cry” and now she’s a corporate lawyer. Thanks also to CrunchGear...
How to Minimize Payments to Your Local Cable Monopoly
While this is a less serious issue than healthcare, most of us face unfairly high monthly service fees and poor customer service from our monopolistic local cable companies. In Seattle, we struggle with Comcast, which is poorly regulated by the...
Proof of celebrating 30 years as a Colts fan!
Update: Amazing game tonight, Colts come back from 17 point 4th quarter deficit to beat Patriots 35-34! People always ask why I’m a Colts fan, given that I grew up in L.A. far away from both Baltimore and Indianapolis. I’ve...