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January 16, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 4
Headlines:
- Video cameras, like the one to the left, will be placed in four Seattle parks – though they don’t fight crime, say privacy advocates. Page 5
- “If you’re a drug dealer or a prostitute, you just move somewhere outside the camera range,” says the ACLU’s Doug Honig
- An Open Secret. Robert Kuttner lays bare the political agenda that could be fashioned out of most Americans quiet anxieties. Page 7
Table of Contents:
Change Comes through Action. The word is everywhere. How do we make it happen? By Glen Milner, Page 2
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 2
Just Heard…Page 3
- “Housing First” works by Cydney Gillis
- Getting the lead out by Cydney Gillis
City “responding as usual” to complaints against homeless. As city releases broad rules to justify the removal of people and belongings, records reveal that sweeps have continued unchecked by Adam Hyla, Pages 3, 10
White House stumps for more student drug testing. Educators’ summit in Des Moines by Cydney Gillis. Pages 4, 6
City to install surveillance cameras at Capitol Hill, downtown parks. Keeping an eye on crime – or citizens? By Cydney Gillis, Page 5
This is Torture. In a rally marking Guantanamo’s sixth anniversary, a crowd of over 100 watches “real, live waterboarding” by Rosette Royale. Pages 5, 10
Vendor of the Week: Donald Baca, Page 6
Picture: Watching his own success. To mark the opening of Barak Obama’s official Washington State Campaign Headquarters in Pioneer Square on Sat., Jan. 12, a TV displayed video of his past electoral successes. Here, a poster of Obama seems to peer down on Jesse Jackson, himself a presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988.
Poem: The Phantom Director by Elizabeth Romero, Page 6
Prelude to a Disaster. As the middle class slides fearfully into financial insecurity, economist Robert Kuttner looks for political leadership and bottom-up organizing. Interview by Tim Harris, Pages 7, 11
Wait…What was that? Book Review: Ghost by Alan Lightman. Review by Joe Martin, Page 8
The Devil Went down to Guatemala. Book Review: The Art of Political Murder – Who Killed the Bishop? By Francisco Goldman. Review by Elliott Bronstein, Page 8
Adventures in Irony. What steams © Dr. Wes’ trousers? With © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Faith, Culture, Politics: Bitter tears over today’s Christians by Rev. Rich Lang, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Calendar, Page 12
Poem: When I Awake, Daughter, What Matters by Denise Calvetti Michaels, Page 12
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.