PinnedMember-onlyHomeless in SeattleZoning reform is seen as key to creating more affordable housing and addressing rampant homelessness in the Seattle area The homeless have multiplied on the streets of this country over the past four decades, creating a near-dystopian urban landscape in parts of many cities — a scene marked by sprawling…Homelessness13 min readHomelessness13 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Empire Strikes Back at Press FreedomA free press isn’t guaranteed absent struggle — often in darkness and against the odds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, recently announced that it has adopted a policy that creates some internal checks and balances to prevent improper demands being placed on journalists to produce records or the…Press Freedom16 min readPress Freedom16 min read
Aug 2‘Dispatches from the House of Death’ Is a Journey into the Dark Heart of the ‘War for Drugs’ — Get the Book NowBy Bill Conroy My nonfiction book offering a behind-the-scenes tour of the “war for drugs” is now available in print form through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. A Kindle e-book version will be available soon via Amazon. Support journalism and the pursuit of the truth, with all its ugly warts…War On Drugs8 min readWar On Drugs8 min read
Jul 25Member-onlyRemembering Three Giants of Authentic Journalism….Journalist, organizer and musician Al Giordano. We live in a digital age in which much of the sum of world history is erased every decade or so as web links break, publications disappear and creators, artists and journalists pass away, and their works available on the internet, if at all…Authentic Journalism29 min readAuthentic Journalism29 min read
Feb 12, 2021Member-onlyThe President Who Played With FireWhat was Trump really hoping to accomplish by inviting a mob to raid the Capitol? — Is anyone still wondering what then-President Donald Trump expected to happen if he and his mob had successfully hanged Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, among others, on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 — and successfully stopped the final vote certification? I expect his…Nazis2 min readNazis2 min read
Feb 5, 2021Member-onlyPush to Reopen Schools Is Being Driven by Inadequate ScienceA robust pandemic-era vaccination program for educators is the solution — not obfuscation and denial Before making up your mind about whether teachers should be vaccinated prior to returning to the classroom, please take some time to consider that relying on inadequate science is no better than relying on religion…Covid-195 min readCovid-195 min read
Jan 14, 2021Member-onlyAmerican History Is an Antidote to the Poison of a Fascist InsurrectionThe Trump-incited insurgency only prevails if pro-democracy forces are divided by fear Predicting the future isn’t possible — even when reading the tea leaves left by racist extremists. Assessing existing realities is possible, however. In the face of violent threats from insurrectionists bent on ignoring facts and history, much of…Insurrectionists9 min readInsurrectionists9 min read
Oct 24, 2020Member-onlyTrump ‘Protesters’ Spread Lies in Communities of ColorAt a Seattle protest today, Trump backers were handing out flyers intended to deceive people in my neighborhood — I just checked out an impromptu pro-Trump voter rally held today, Oct. 24, in the parking lot of a Safeway grocery store a few blocks from my house at MLK Way and Othello Street in South Seattle. I counted only about two dozen protestors who were under the watch of…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
Oct 13, 2020Member-onlyCompany supplying former special ops forces for ‘election security’ is linked to a religious missionThe company, Atlas Aegis, works closely with another Tennessee company that provides military-like training to faith-based groups — The Tennessee-based private security company that plans to send armed guards with special operations training to Minnesota to protect election sites from “looting and destruction” by a leftist boogeyman dubbed “Antifa” also appears to be closely associated with conservative religious groups.Private Contractors8 min readPrivate Contractors8 min read
Sep 3, 2020Member-onlyContractors Are Part of the Team in Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ BlitzkriegA listing of federal security-firm contractors in U.S. cities being targeted by Trump reveals the players to keep an eye on — Sometimes, even the professional media fact-checkers need to be fact-checked. That’s the case with a Poynter Institute “PolitiFact” online posting about the use of private contractors in President Trump’s federal troop deployments, which are focused on quelling protests in cities like Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. They are among more than…Fps6 min readFps6 min read
