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Government-owned and -rented housing could solve the housing crisis, if lawmakers would listen

By Carl Nakajima | February 2, 2022

My name is Carl and I’m from Real Change Advocacy. A lot of Real Change vendors are struggling because the cost of living in Seattle is very high, especially the apartment rents. I think all lawmakers in our country are responsible for creating this very unequal society, because they are the rule-makers of this game. ...

We need action at Hanford site to stop this ticking timebomb

By Carl Nakajima | February 28, 2018

Opinion

In 2008, the Washington Department of Energy reported that 200 square miles of contaminated groundwater beneath the Hanford site could reach the Columbia River within 50 years without timely cleanup. Since then, the project has always been delayed and over budget. According to the Department of Energy report, the heavily contaminated, toxic groundwater could reach the Columbia River anytime within the next 40 years. But the Trump administration is proposing to cut $230 million from the 2019 cleanup budget. ...