Over the past four decades, while we as a country have been moving forward on racial justice and gender equality…
Paid family and medical leave is now the law in our state. This great breakthrough will provide workers economic security…
Twenty-eight years ago, a freshman senator in the state Legislature, Patty Murray, dismissed as just a “mom in tennis shoes”…
We recently celebrated the Fourth of July, when we celebrate American independence and the success of the colonists’ desire to…
As I write this (on June 14) it’s day 23 of a second special session in Olympia, since legislators couldn’t…
The clock is winding down on a second special session in Olympia and legislators haven’t yet made serious progress on…
My friend called me last week and invited me to the Climate March in Seattle. I decided not to go….
Last November, voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1433 to increase the minimum wage and establish a statewide standard for paid sick…
Our leaders always reference democracy with the Foundering Fathers of our country. That is not true. The founders had a…
