As Goes Colorado, So Goes the Nation?

BLANK Jan 5, 2014 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, formerly opposed, now reportedly backs loosening some restrictions on marijuana use by medical patients, as support for legalizing pot grows like, well, a weed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Complex Causes of a Student ‘Riot’

By Dick Conoboy Dec 7, 2013 I believe the riot occurred because the basic components that create one are those we in the United States, wittingly or not, teach our youth: confrontation, belligerence, hyper-masculinity and the misuse of alcohol. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Coal Terminal Averted in Washington State?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 28, 2013 Four progressives won seats this month on the council in Whatcom County, where coal interests have ambitions to put a $600 million international terminal whose exports would add 86.7 million tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Kshama Sawant

BLANK Nov 24, 2013 By winning a seat on Seattle's City Council this month, the socialist has given her fellow citizens one of the best opportunities in living memory to determine their individual and collective futures. Will city residents make good on it?By winning a seat on Seattle's City Council, the socialist has given her fellow citizens one of the best opportunities in living memory to determine their individual and collective futures. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Freedom of Speech a Casualty of Official Response to Student Drinking

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 20, 2013 (Updated) Professors at my hometown university are silent as city and college officials seek blood after a beer-fueled clash between students and police. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cross That Bridge When You Come to It—Maybe

BLANK Sep 4, 2013 Some 8,000 bridges around the country are "structurally deficient," and a battered federal budget, sequestration and Washington gridlock make it unlikely they'll be repaired soon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Looks at Installing Tollbooths at Border Crossings

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 20, 2013 The Department of Homeland Security wants to study the benefits of collecting a fee from anyone who enters or leaves the country at landed border crossings, as opposed to funding operations by collecting taxes from earners who can afford to pay. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Errors May Have Delayed Warning About Washington’s Leaky Nuclear Tanks

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 Five more tanks are leaking at a shuttered nuclear facility in Washington state. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pity the Bamboozled and Confused

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 8, 2013 “Every problem that the editorialists fret about today will get worse,” Harper’s Magazine columnist and author Thomas Frank told an audience in November. “Inequality, global warming, financial bubbles, one after another. But it won’t matter. On America will go, chasing the only ideology that our country has left, down into the seething Arcadia of all against all.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gay Marriage and Pot for Fun Now Legal in Washington

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 The Evergreen State began granting same-sex marriage licenses Thursday morning while crowds lit joints at a celebration beneath the Space Needle in Seattle. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Money Is Behind Charter Schools in Washington State

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 26, 2012 Voters in Washington state will have a chance to direct public funds toward private bank accounts if they adopt an initiative to create charter schools this November. Who are the bajillionaires behind the campaign? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Amazon CEO Pledges $2.5 Million for Washington Same-Sex Marriage Effort

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 27, 2012 Jeff Bezos and his wife, responding to an email from an Amazon employee, have made what is the largest single donation to the cause of same-sex marriage in the United States to support passage of a referendum in Washington state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )