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January 18, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 4
Headlines:
- High and Low. Now the mayor wants to give both high-rise and residential developers an easy break. Page 2
- Rollback-Lash. Wal-Mart may guarantee low prices – always – but what health care for its employees. Page 4
- This Issue. The last of seven new poems from Sherman Alexie. Page 5
- ID, Please. UW prof David Domke sees right through conservatives’ claims that intelligent design is a science. Page 6
Table of Contents
Freefall: Cuts in services leave mentally ill with no safety net by Cydney Gillis, Paged 1, 12
Freedom Fighters, Page 1
- Picture: Second graders Aliceon Yasutake, Hannah Billen, and Alexandria Gort sing out for the legacy of the civil rights movement during the annual Unity March of Orca @ Columbia Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work, students made art envisioning a world of harmony and justice and donated items to a local food bank.
- Photo by Luke McGuff
Stand Together: To be effective in Olympia, enviros imitate forest – not trees by Amy Roe, Pages 1, 12
Editorial: With Friends Like These … Backroom developer deal threatens expansion of housing funds by Adam Hyla, Page 2
Change Agent: Betty Jean Williamson by Amy Besunder, Page 3
- Picture: Betty Jean Williamson helping students to share their wisdom
- Photo by Mark Sullo
Danger Afoot: Local pedestrian dangers highlighted at Jan. 19 summit by Maria Antonova, Page 3
- Picture: Cross with care: drivers kill pedestrians of King County nearly twice as often as the national average.
- Photo by Katia Roberts
Just Heard: Page 3
- Gentrification? Never. By Adam Hyla [RE: John Fox, Advocating to tighten SHA’s future developments, Rep. Mark Milascia (D-Federal Way), Rep. Eric Pettigrew]
- Duck, duck, goose by Adam Hyla [RE: Appointing new councilmember]
- Son of a King by J. Jacob Edel [RE: Can county use MLK’s image, Martin Luther King III, Larry Gossett]
- Uncanned heat by Austin Haskell [RE: Governor Christine Gregoire signed HB 2370 into law for home heating assistance]
Health Matters: Wal-Mart’s poor health insurance plan under the spotlight by Cydney Gillis, Page 4
Short Takes: Page 4
- Workers’ family leave bill in Olympia by Emma Dumain [RE: Campaign to pass a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Marilyn Watkins, Economic Opportunity Institute]
- Government ungagged by Cydney Gillis [RE: Beefing up public disclosure laws, Rob McKenna, Toby Nixon]
Poetry, Pages 5, 9, 10, 12
- Poem: Naked and Damp, with a Towel around my Head, I Noticed Movement on the Basement Carpet by Sherman Alexie © 2005, Page 5
- Poem: Ellen’s Good Day by Esther Altshul Helfgott, Page 9
- Poem: time doesnot smell by Henn Haus, Page 10
- Poem: September 11th by Timothy Fleming, Page 12
Interview: ID, Carded: UW professor David Domke pinpoints why mass media can’t get enough of intelligent design by Rosette Royale, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: UW Professor David Domke offers some illumination on how progressives can counter conservatives’ fight for a “moral” America.
- Photo by Sherry Loeser
Jesus Streak. Book Review: Christ Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice. Review by Lloyd J. Averill, Page 8
A Tough Act to Follow. Film Review: Following Sean. Written and Directed by Ralph Arlyck. Review by Lester Gray, Page 8
Adventure in Irony: Oops, There it is, by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letter to the Editor: Page 10
- Alito’s Intentions by Sheri A. Hilton | Everett
Calendar. Compiled by Dena Burke, Page 11
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 11
First things First. Get Involved. Take Action., Page 11
Fix our State’s Health Care System. Now!
- Issue: America’s health care system is in crisis thanks to some big, profitable companies who refuse to pay their fair share of health care costs by covering their workers. Their employees often join the ranks of the uninsured. The cost of health care rises for everyone. And the responsible companies who cover their workers must compete with the companies who don’t pay their fair share. Millions of Americans are going without insurance, and health care costs are skyrocketing
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.