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May 4, 2005, Vol. 12, No. 17
Note: Issue says Vol. 12, No. 18 in error
Headlines:
- Equality Denied. Ed Murray on how party discipline killed the anti-discrimination bill. Page 2
- Code Yellow. Response times in dispute for mentally ill. Page 3
- Avant-Garde. Health care initiative for artists leads way for self-employed. Page 4
- No Recovery. Absence of choices exist when patients are too poor to rate a bed. Page 5
- Shut Out. Press freedom defender Lucy Dalglish on what the government doesn’t want you to know. Page 6
Table of Contents:
Teamwork. Prosperity Partnership wants public money, tax reform for jobs. By Cydney Gillis, Pages 1, 12
From Hospital to Poorhouse. Each year, 1.5 million Americans declare bankruptcy because of insurmountable medical bills. By Jade Ingmire, Pages 1, 12
- Picture: Like 41 percent of personal bankruptcies nationwide, Waldene Pilinski’s was precipitated by her medical bills.
- Photo by Andrea Lee.
Opinion: Equality? Maybe next year. How party discipline killed the Anti-Discrimination bill by Rep. Ed Murray, Guest Writer, Page 2
Change Agent: Sheldon Cooper, Johanna Hulick, Elijah Saxon, Parke Burgess, and Katie Howenstine of the Emma Goldman Finishing School. By Jess Grant, Page 3
Responding Code Yellow. Officials dispute log time’s effect on mentally ill. By Rosette Royale, Pages 3, 9
- Picture: Ambulance
- Photo by Sean Ellingson
Just Heard..., Page 3
- Camp Town Clampdown by Rosette Royale
- Green Light by Adam Hyla [RE: John Fox, Nick Licata, Peter Steinbrueck]
- Spare Change by Cydney Gillis [RE: Seattle has $5 million more to spend]
Avant-Garde. Arts community to take care of its own with health-care initiative. By Jade Ingmire, Page 4
Short Takes, Page 4
- John Kerry returns by Cydney Gillis [RE: Christy Margilli]
- Into Africa by Adam Hyla [RE: Save Darfur Coalition of UW, Ben Weintraub, Mark Emmert, UW President]
- Dried Up by Adam Hyla [RE: Pritchard Beach, Pat Manuele, David Della, Richard McIver, Nick Licata, Richard Conlin]
- Picture: Warning: Swimmers, move north.
- Photo by Meagan O’Shea
Going Without. Shortchanged by Medicaid, doctors refuse surgery essential to the poor. By Cydney Gillis, Pages 5, 10
Shut Out. A free press has been in jeopardy since 9/11, says reporters’ defender Lucy Dalglish. Interview by Sean Reid, Pages 6, 7
Poetry, Pages 7, 8, 9 & 10
- Twiggyesque by Angie Trudell Vasquez
- Untitled by Laurie Crow
- Give Me the Spine by David Thornbrugh
- To My Dialysis Machine by Frank Langor
- it’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood by Jo Meeks
Reviews, Page 8
- Islands of Discord. Film: Crash. Written and directed by Paul Haggis. Review by Lester Gray
- Picture: Cameron Thayer (Terrence Dashon Howard), Officer Ryan (Matt Dillion), and Christine Thayer (Thandie Newton) in Crash
- Photo by Lorey Sebastian
- Chomsky for the Rest of Us. Book: 9/11 by Noam Chomsky. Review by Joe Martin
Adventures in Irony: On Embracing Polychronism with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letters to the Editor, Page 10
- Pangs at the Pump by Henry Noble | Seattle
Classified Ads, Page 10
Calendar. Page 11
Director's Corner. By Timothy Harris, Page 11
First things First. Get Involved. Take Action. Page 11
A Better Way for Human Service Funding
- Issue: The Regional Policy Committee (RPC), an intergovernmental group concerned with regional needs, is considering a 2005 ballot initiative that would increase human services funding – but only for veterans. County service providers and advocates are planning a 2006 initiative that would provide a stable revenue source for human services, benefiting families, children and seniors, as well as veterans. If the RPC puts a veterans’ services initiative on the ballot this year, there won’t be a 2006 initiative because voters aren’t likely to say yes twice. In making a small difference, we’ll lose the opportunity to make a big difference.
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.