How Regressive Local Taxes Are Rewarding the Rich
New report finds ‘fundamentally unfair’ tax system in nearly every state. Not surprisingly, Washington tops the list. Andrea Germanos writes.
Patient Zero
Compassion is its own reward in this short fiction by Emily C. O’Leary.
After The Blood, The Burning
Poetry by Tiel Aisha Ansari.
In His Father’s House: John Murphy’s Travels among the Yezidi
John Murphy reports from Kurdistan.
Black lives must matter more in health research
Racism is not only a social, cultural, political, and legal issue; it is also a health issue. Lindsay Kobayashi reports on the gap.
Post-Rock and Dandelions: Jan Platek’s We Deserve This
Omar Willey does some listening to the music of Jan-Dirk Platek, aka We Deserve This.
New IRS Rules on Dark Money Likely Won’t Be Ready Before 2016 Election
The Internal Revenue Service says it won’t come out with new proposed rules for so-called dark money groups until late spring at the earliest, increasing the likelihood that no changes will take effect before the 2016 elections.
It’s A New World Order for the Seattle City Council
With the dawning of a new year comes a whole new set of problems for a city to wrestle with. Raymond Murphy reports on the new district-based elections.
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