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Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
March 18, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 7
Headlines:
- The working poor
- A cynical species
- Roses and Raspberries in Olympia
- Tenant’s Union vs. City Hall
- Homeless Kids in the woods
Table of Contents
The Coming Conflict. Union grocery workers prepare to hold the line against cutbacks. By Polly Keary, Pages 1, 8
- Picture: Melanie Tanner and 30,000 local UFCW workers enjoy some of the best health care benefits in the region.
- Photo by Terry Divyak
Mailbag, Page 2
- Don’t knock the cops by Noel Moore | Seattle
- Changing colors by Linde Knighton, Co-chair, Progressive Party of Washington
- I now pronounce you… by Brigitte Burgette | Seattle
Opinion: Roses and Raspberries are Red. The good and bad from Olympia. By Kaye Allard, Page 3
| Olympia wrap-up: roses and raspberries
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
- What’s affordable? By R.V. Murphy [RE: Multi-Family Tax Exemption Ordinance]
- Better luck next year by Polly Keary
- Bush’s budget bombshell by Adam Holdorf [RE: Section 8 vouchers]
- Leaving a gap. [RE: Street Links]
Stir It Up. Tenants disrupt City Council meeting with protest over budget cuts. By Jess Grant and Adam Holdorf, Page 5
- Picture: Outrage in the council chambers
- Photo by Ken Dean
North American Newsbriefs from www.streetnewsservice.org. Compiled by Patty Lane, Page 5.
Adventures in Poetry: Transients? What transients? with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 7
- Streetlamp by Stan Burriss
- Backstreet Bum We Meet by Jim Dewitt (Reprinted from Street News, New York City)
- New Moon by Loraine Campbell
- Lovergirl by D.B. Blanchard
- Black Dog by Larry Crist
- Travel by J. Glenn Evans
- Rubber Elastic by Roberto Valenza [14th S.F.]
A Walk in the Woods. Inner City Outings gives Capitol Hill youth a welcome vacation. By Peter Polson, Page 9
- Picture: Nine homeless youth and volunteers with Inner City Outings at the trailhead before a weekend hiking trip last October. Inner City Outings will resume its camping trips this spring.
- Photo by Peter Polson
No Apologies. Helen Thomas has been shaking up the White House press corps since George W. Bush took office. She talked to Real Change about power, truth, and women in Washington. Interview by Adam Holdorf, Pages 10, 11
- Picture: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) places a hand on the shoulder of Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) before beginning a conversation. The photo is part of Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate, an exhibit of 35 black-and-white documentary photos of female senators by Seattle-based photojournalist Melina Mara. On view at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry until April 25, 2004. Accompanying the photos is a 30-minute audio/video presentation distilled from Thomas’s face-to-face interviews with the senators. MOHAI is located at 2700 24th Avenue East in Seattle; it’s open every day from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Adults’ admission is $7. For more information, call 206-324-1126 or visit seattlehistory.org.
A Woman’s Touch. There’s more to Bush’s women than meets the eye. Interview of Laura Flanders by Adam Holdorf. Pages 11, 12 [RE: Bushwomen. Tales of a Cynical Species]
| Laura Flanders pegs White House anti-feminists
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 12
Street Talk: Same Sex Marriage: The People Speak. Photos and Interviews by Max Gutfeld.
- Responses by Leila, Peter, Christian, Lorenzo, Gary, Elisa
A Broken Promise. The limits of work in the new economy. Page 14
- Book: The Betrayal of Work: How Low Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans by Beth Shulman
- Book: Keeping Up With the Dow Joneses Debt, Prison, Workfare by Vijay Prashad.
- Reviews by Timothy Harris
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 15
Citizens Participation Project. Act Now! Page 16
Support tenants, seniors, the homeless
- Issue: Health and human services programs continue to be in jeopardy of losing funding in the still-being-deliberated-upon 2004 city budget