Event Title & Host Inequality in the Age of Mass Incarceration Website https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/190368 When? Thursday October 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM Where? Seattle Town Hall – 1119 Eighth Avenue Why? Because mass incarceration of people of color and poor people has had devastating effects on the very fabric of [...]
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Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series – Episode 1
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Opportunity Gap & the School to Prison Pipeline Listen now with the media player below! Download the podcast series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: Schools 2 Prisons 1 The Opportunity Gap (PDF) Summary: In this first podcast of the three-part series, we’ll introduce [...]
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Common Spaces NW
You are invited to join Common Spaces NW! This event is a three day gathering for anyone with a vision for a better world, aka, YOU! Come learn about the different visions and strategies of Seattle’s many organizations and movements through fun and educational activities and workshops. The whole darn schedule is available at commonspacesnw.org. [...]
The Egyptian (Political) Boogie
Extra credit if you’re listening to Miles Davis right now “Pharaoh’s Dance“. * In case you missed The Current Situation in Egypt panel discussion, because it was moved to UW’s Kane Hall to accommodate capacity or because the room was beyond capacity, I’ll just tell you it was info-manic. This is more or less what [...]
40 Years of Growing Income Inequality
Earlier this year Timothy Noah of Slate penned an article titled The Great Divergence. This piece meticulously reviewed contemporary findings and arguments regarding growing income inequality in the United States, a trend that has been especially pronounced since the 1970s. This divergence was also a stark contrast to the 1940s in which the gains of [...]
Let’s Arrest the Police
Once again the SPD have disappointed their city with more violent and overtly racist reactions. Read and watch this story from 11/17/10: “Seattle Officer Kicks juvenile in groin, chest, head”. “Images exclusively acquired by KIRO Team 7 Investigators show a teenager getting kicked in the leg, chest and face by an undercover police officer during [...]
The Open Veins of Washington’s Low-Income Communities
This is the second of a series of posts on tax reform and economic inequality in Washington State; the previous entry was “Initiative 1098: Triage for Inequality in Washington State.” This November, Washingtonians will vote on three tax reform initiatives. Anti-tax zealot Tim Eyman is sponsoring Initiative 1053, which would require a two-thirds majority of [...]
Initiative 1098: Triage for Inequality in Washington State
Income inequality in Washington and United States is already higher than in any other large developed country. Social epidemiologists have observed that a society’s degree of income inequality strongly correlates with many indicators of health and social well-being… The collapse of state investment in health and education, the threat to workers’ rights, and regressive taxation may combine to drive income inequality to immense new heights in our state… I-1098 is a partial fix.
