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Opinion

Director’s Corner: There is no justice without equity

By Tim Harris | August 29, 2018

Last week, I was fortunate to attend the conference of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP). This is a trade organization of more than 100 papers like Real Change, with membership spanning 34 nations. Between INSP member papers, about 20 million street papers are sold each year around the world. ...

Macy’s workers unite for better working conditions — and for respect

By Candace Hemphill | August 29, 2018

Retail work is getting harder and harder in many places across our region. It’s getting harder all across the nation. Unfortunately, Macy’s corporate leadership represents a good example of some of the problems workers face. ...

Now we have a war against the poor

By Oscar Rosales Castañeda | August 29, 2018

Real Change columnist

Three months have passed since the Seattle City Council’s unceremonious backpedaling and subsequent reversal on funding for very needed affordable housing. Our corporate overlords flexed their muscle and our timid council obliged, lest they bear the brunt of becoming unelectable for not working with our local “job providers.” I’m sure it’s a distinction that many politicians wish to do without. ...

Trump says if he’s impeached, we’ll be very poor; if he isn’t impeached, we’ll be very poor

By Dr. Wes Browning | August 29, 2018

Real Change columnist

Recent testimony by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen about hush money for sex has led to lots of speculation. When will impeachment proceedings start and what will happen when and if Trump is impeached and convicted?

Even Trump himself is joining in, saying, “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor,” proving that he doesn’t know how many of us are already poor. ...

Feature

Drunk on making a difference

By Tony Inglis | August 29, 2018

Alan Mahon is the founder of Scotland’s social enterprise craft brewery, Brewgooder

It’s an experience that beer lovers and drinkers everywhere will find familiar after a night out of a few too many: You wake up the next morning, head thumping and all you can taste is the inside of your own mouth. Hungover and parched, you stumble to the kitchen to fill the glass. The water is cold, clean and available — something we take for granted. ...

Arts

‘Synchronicity’ at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art celebrates the collaboration of Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles

By Lisa Edge | August 29, 2018

If you stop by the Pohlman-Knowles home and studio in West Seattle, you might see Jenny Pohlman making improvements to the roof and Sabrina Knowles walking around with headphones on listening to NPR. Or maybe both of them are making their own adjustments to a new series of works inside a remodeled two-car garage that now serves as a studio. Aside from time spent in the hot shop at Pratt Fine Arts Center, all of the equipment they need to use is onsite. In the upstairs space of the studio, unfinished works adorn the walls and sit atop tables. ...

First Thursday Guide for Sept. 6, 2018

By Lisa Edge | August 29, 2018

Seattle’s oldest neighborhood is home to dozens of art galleries, and has been for years. The First Thursday art walk in Pioneer Square began in the early 1960s and is still going strong today.

On First Thursday, patrons are encouraged to stroll through the streets. Galleries often showcase new exhibits from 6 to 8 p.m.

Here are a few shows you may want to check out on Sept. 6.

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Changemaking

The Middle Ground by Sam Day 8/29/18

By Sam Day | August 29, 2018

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Vendor Profile: Joe Howard

By Joe Howard | August 29, 2018

This week, we’re highlighting Real Change vendor Joe Howard. This profile is a little different, in that Joe helped to write it himself. Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia, and having traveled to Seattle via Miami, Howard has recently been selected to join the Merchant Marines. Congratulations, Joe!

It’s Joe “Trouble Joe” Howard’s salesmanship and the way he handles adversity that have taken him a long way. ...

Seattle

Reporter’s Notebook: fare enforcement, ORCA cards for students and employee hours tax communications

By Ashley Archibald | August 29, 2018

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Modular units provide a quick alternative to traditional construction

By Ashley Archibald | August 29, 2018

When Rev. Dr. Julie Josund walks outside of Edmonds Lutheran Church, some 15 miles outside downtown Seattle, she sees a large rectangle on the church grounds. Though it looked like an unassuming gray block when it was first installed in June, it drew a crowd of 350 people.

“It’s so new,” Josund said. “We just let people come and see what it looks like.” ...

Homeless advocates in Washington and California convene to learn from one another and share their experience

By Lisa Sawyer | August 29, 2018

I’ve been a Real Change vendor for going on five years. I am homeless and also an advocate for homeless people, working with Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance and the Resident Action Project (RAP), a coalition that is building power to change policy through storytelling, organizing and civic action. RAP has been in operation for three years and serves people with housing instability or homelessness. ...