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Table of Contents
July 1, 1999, Vol. 6, No. 13
Headlines:
- A Wish and a Prayer
- Vietnam Memories
- Nordstrom News
- Patriotic Homeless
Table of Contents:
What Doesn’t Kill You… A Conversation with Philip H. Red Eagle. Interview by Joan Pliego Pages 1, 6, 7
- Picture: Philip H. Red Eagle
- Picture: Book cover: Red Earth. A Vietnam warrior's journey by Phillip H. Red Eagle
- Photo Courtesy of Philip Red Eagle
A Wish and a Prayer. Gambling offers false hope and regressive taxation. By Delilah Jean Williams, Pages 1, 9
Vendor of the Month: Tina Backenstock. By Michele Thomas, Page 2
- Picture: Tina Backenstock
Mailbag, Pages 2
- Dead Horse Redux by Andrew Wilson
- Lines in the Sidewalk by Mark G. Luehrs
- Hobson's Choices by B. Springer
Declaration of Independence. Move over Thomas Jefferson, StreetWrites is here. By StreetWrites, Page 3
News You Can Use. Close to Home. Newsbriefs by Bob Redmond except where noted, Pages 4, 14
- Nordstrom's Heart of Gold [RE: Donation to Angeline's Day Center for women]
- Parks Amendments Die [RE: Parks Exclusion ordinance]
- Sidran: "no answer" for homeless [RE: Operation Nightwatch Director Rev. Rick Reynolds asked "where can a homeless person sleep without breaking the law?" to City Attorney Mark Sidran]
- Dorothy Day House Opens for 41 women by Dave Hall
- Capitol Hill Youth Center Gets New Life
- Millennial Madness [RE: Film: Run Lola Run is "hot, fast, and post-human"]
- Seattle Tea Party Brewing? [RE: Who will pay for Mariners new stadium cost overruns, according to John Ellis, Mariner spokesman, not them; Safeco Field]
Moving to What? Seattle Housing Authority quietly unveils some big plans. By Adam Holdorf, Page 5
- Picture: What plans does SHA have for Otis and Maria Riley, and young Otis III, besides tearing down their Rainier Vista home?
- Photo by Ron Campbell
Election 2000: A Progressive Majority? The Progressive Coalition agenda for Seattle city council. By Matt Lynch, Page 5
Firsthand: Real Courage. How I became homeless and overcame. By Donna J. Stout, Page 8
Local Poet: E.O. Anthony, Pages 10, 11
| Poems:
- Postscript to Witch's Pit 2 With Alternates
- Civil Progress: Life in Black America via Greg Kucera Gallery Where 8th Generation Ibo-American with 1/4 Indigenous Genes Considers Cuban and Haitan Refugees
Poetry: Page 12
- Immigration Laws, California by David Thornbrugh
- Votes Counted by Stan Burriss
- (untitled) by Patrick Bissell
- Jasper by Noel Franklin
Tenant Talk. Educate. Agitate. Organize. By Tenants Union staff, Page 13
Calendar, Page 15. Special thanks to Jean Buskin
Citizens Participation Project, Page 16
Fix the Roof. Adjust federal budget priorities.
- Issue: It's budget time at the Federal Government. While the process is slightly more arcane than, say, balancing your checkbook, there are literally hundreds of billions of dollars at stake. It's well worth it, say advocates, to learn about what's happening and speak up to affect it.
- The need is most urgent now. First of all, the need is severe. Second, because of a robust economy, the money is there. The Invest in America campaign, an effort of 200 national organizations (and growing), is calling for Congress to increase domestic investment, including priorities such as housing, food, and education.