Washington Can't Wait (WCW) is a movement of environmental activists founded by FutureWise, a statewide environmental group. According to the WCW website,"Washington Can’t Wait Campaign is building a grassroots movement across Washington to pressure our legislature in the 2021 legislative session … [Read more...]
Statewide Poverty Action Network Voters’ Guide Now Available
We're excited to announce the publication of our 2020 Voter Guide, a resource meant to help you decide who deserves your vote in the upcoming election! Check out our guide here and read on for further voting-related resources. This year, in an effort to respond to the current difficulties WA's … [Read more...]
Before eviction moratoriums expire, WA renters and landlords need help
Tim Thomas, research director of the Urban Displacement Project at University of California Berkeley, has studied eviction patterns in King County. He and his colleagues found that the variables predicting high eviction rates are racial diversity, specifically how Black or Latinx a neighborhood is, … [Read more...]
Bullitt Prize winner uses affordable housing to fight climate change
Although the Bullitt Foundation is planning to wind down most of its giving by 2024, it plans to award the annual Bullitt Prize indefinitely. Crosscut recently spoke with Malaba about her work on affordable housing and her plans for the future. Can you start off by telling me how you came to … [Read more...]
Harvest the Power 2020-Commit to a Season of Collective Action and Faith Formation
On October 1st, the Harvest Moon will rise shortly after sunset in the Northern Hemisphere. This burst of evening light provides an extended time for farmers to harvest summer crops and plant new seeds for the Fall Season. What and how have you grown this summer --- personally, in connection to … [Read more...]
Help Families Hurting because of COVID-19 Keep Their Utilities
Families are hurting because of COVID-19 and the state needs to hear from you that now is not the time to cut people off electricity, strap them with unaffordable bills, and allow utility shareholders to put additional expense on rate payers. We need you to show up and weigh in. TAKE ACTION … [Read more...]
Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month
A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at month's end and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering the numbers needed to decide how many seats each state gets in Congress. The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in California late Thursday orders … [Read more...]
What’s stopping King County from opening more homeless shelters?
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public officials in King County prepared for the possibility of widespread outbreaks in crowded facilities and overflowing hospitals. Of particular interest to officials were people who may contract the coronavirus and have nowhere to quarantine or recover — … [Read more...]
As WA restaurants struggle, workers weigh physical and economic survival
By the end of April, nearly 200,000 leisure and hospitality workers across the state (more than half of the sector’s workforce, which is disproportionately made up of women and people of color) had lost their jobs, and employment levels in the sector are still down 32%, compared with 25.6% … [Read more...]
Child care was already dysfunctional. COVID-19 could break it completely
Liu’s child care facility is among the many that closed in Washington state during the early months of the pandemic. According to the state Department of Children, Youth and Families, about 1,000 child care programs closed temporarily between March and late August for pandemic-related reasons. Those … [Read more...]
Faith Action Network Endorses Referendum 90 for Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Washington schools.
The Faith Action Network Governing Board has unanimously endorsed Referendum 90 that will appear on your November ballot. We want to tell you about it and invite your endorsement and participation today. During the 2020 legislative session, a coalition of parents, educators, medical … [Read more...]
The federal government abandoned us on coronavirus relief. What now?
The stalemate in Congress over relief checks raises larger questions about work and who deserves a dignified life. On July 31, federal eviction protections and unemployment relief, in effect since late March, expired. After two more weeks of fruitless negotiations, the Senate adjourned, … [Read more...]
Training Court Watchers for Flood of Eviction Cases
Elizabeth Maupin of Issaquah/Sammamish Interfaith Coalition writes: I have been in touch with the Seattle University Law School and the Housing Justice Project about training and placing court watchers in the King County eviction courts. Once the moratorium ends there will likely be a tsunami of … [Read more...]
The Unraveling of America
Evidence of such terminal decadence is the choice that so many Americans made in 2016 to prioritize their personal indignations, placing their own resentments above any concerns for the fate of the country and the world, as they rushed to elect a man whose only credential for the job was his … [Read more...]
TRUMP’S CFPB DEPLOYS PREDATORY LENDERS AS FIRST RESPONDERS TO PANDEMIC
Small-dollar lenders, such as Speedy Cash and TitleMax, intentionally design high-cost, low-quality products to make it almost impossible for borrowers to repay their loans under the original terms. Finance fees and average annual interest rates of 400 percent prevent most borrowers from repaying … [Read more...]
Gov. Inslee extends utility shutoff moratorium to Oct. 15
On Friday, July 31, one day before a 4½-month moratorium on shutting off utilities was set to expire across Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a proclamation extending it a third time. Now, until at least Oct. 15 (unless the COVID-19 state of emergency ends before then), utilities can’t cut … [Read more...]
Sen. Patty Murray’s child care plan could rescue weary parents
Federal chits for child care already pay a variety of nearly 1.5 million caregivers nationwide, a group that includes loving aunts, licensed day cares and after-school programs run by nonprofits. Refundable tax payments — contained in a bill up this week in the House — could instantly return … [Read more...]
As $600 unemployment checks expire, WA’s safety net could strain
“I think we could potentially see some of the folks that are losing that additional $600 benefit slip back [under the federal poverty level] and we could see them applying” for food assistance, said Babs Roberts director of the Community Services Division of the state Department of Social and Health … [Read more...]
Current Crisis Opportunity to Forward Visionary Solutionary Rail
CoViD-19 is a confluence of crises that further exacerbates inequities and exposes societal and economic vulnerabilities. Our latest RailBite, Solutionary Rail in a Time of Pandemic explores how this moment of crisis is also an opportunity to address those vulnerabilities, as well as one of the … [Read more...]
Call to Action from King County Equity Now-Reinvest SPD Funds into Community
Last week, Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now presented a plan to reinvest 50% of SPD’s remaining 2020 budget into pro-community, pro-safety measures. Specifically, we proposed reinvestments in four categories (described in more detail below.) Replace current 911 operations with a … [Read more...]
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