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Cascadia today: ICE flies 500 people out of Seattle + 21 candidates run for 3 PDX seats + WA sues feds over endangered species act

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Published: September 10, 2026 15:33

ICE has flown more than 500 people out of SeattleKUOW reports that in the past several weeks, ICE has flown more than 500 detainees out of Boeing Field, most of them formerly housed at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Immigrant activists say the…

How an independent Cascadia would benefit tribes

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Published: September 9, 2026 21:00

Any movement toward autonomy and independence for Cascadia must include in its coalition tribes and Indigenous people.

Cascadia today: Pete Fry is progressive choice for Vancouver mayor + ICE kidnaps men on family camping trip + Poetry by Minh Nguyễn

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Published: September 9, 2026 17:16

Vancouver progressives to rally behind FryThe Tyee reports that Vancouver mayoral candidate William Azaraoff, with the progressive OneCity party, has dropped out of the race for mayor, leaving progressives with a single candidate to rally behind, Pete Fry…

Cascadia today: Workers struggle to make ends meet + prescribed burns needed in WA + OR failing to rename places with offensive names

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Published: September 8, 2026 21:34

Working Cascadians struggling to make ends meetHope you had a good Labor Day – I took the afternoon to explore Point Defiance Park, a beautiful (and huge!) public park at the northern tip of Tacoma. Over the weekend, there were several labor-focused…

The feds' plot to mess with Cascadia elections

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Published: September 5, 2026 00:26

Here in Cascadia and across the US, the feds have put in place new rules to solve a problem that doesn't exist: fraud in vote-by-mail.

Cascadia today: Immigrants may lose health care in WA + Heiltsuk Nation battles green crabs + an interview with film maker Kamyar Mohsenin

https://www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-today-189/

Published: September 4, 2026 19:21

Immigrants to lose health care in WA after fed cutsThrough the Static reports that up to 11,000 immigrants in Washington state may lose health insurance after the Trump regime passed massive nationwide cuts to Medicaid. KUOW also covers the cuts and Gov.…

Cascadia today: a fab Cascadia spoken word reading + progressives start uniting in Vancouver mayor's race + lynx makes comeback in WA

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Published: September 3, 2026 17:51

Many thanks to Vermillion art gallery and bar in Seattle and all who attended the debut of the Subduction spoken word series last night! It was a lovely, lively evening of poetry rooted in the Cascadia bioregion. Many thanks to Ankober Yewondwossen, Rhea…

Cascadia today: No teacher strike in Seattle + spotted owl extinct in BC + last speaker of diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ dialect dies

https://www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-today-187/

Published: September 2, 2026 16:22

Teacher strike averted in SeattleWest Seattle Blog reports that the SEA teachers' union and Seattle Public Schools came to an agreement last night on a new contract, averting a strike. Teachers, who authorized a strike if no deal was made, had taken issue…

Cascadia today: Progress in avoiding Seattle teacher strike + ICE arrests surge in Cascadia + reclaiming the name Tahoma

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Published: September 1, 2026 16:09

"Promising progress" on contract for Seattle teachersWest Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Education Association, the union for the city's public school teachers made "promising progress" on a new contract with Seattle Public Schools in marathon…

Cascadia book bingo: Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach

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Published: August 28, 2026 20:00

This summer, I've been reading books about Cascadia and by PNW authors, and I've invited folks to join along in Cascadia Democratic Action's summer book bingo challenge. I'll admit I'm not very close to filling in all 24 squares in

Cascadia today: ICE kidnappings climb in WA + Seattle teachers set to strike + progressives may split vote in Vancouver mayor race

https://www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-today-185/

Published: August 27, 2026 21:19

ICE kidnappings in WA climb The Seattle Times reports that ICE kidnappings reached a new high in Washington state last month and that seizures are increasing in the Puget Sound region and central Washington. Arrests are also up at SeaTac airport, part of a…

Cascadia today: Tacoma detention center commits human rights violations + OR economy grows + poetry by Serena Chopra

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Published: August 26, 2026 18:52

Rep Randall says NWDC commits "human rights violations"KUOW interviews Congressional representative Emily Randall, whose district includes Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center, and who says conditions inside the immigration prison, especially lack of…

Cascadia today: Court OKs feds meddling in elections + Seattle improves pedestrian safety + a Log Lady lookalike contest

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Published: August 25, 2026 17:12

Cascadia Democratic Action's Cascadia Day poetry reading went so well in May we've decided to start a monthly spoken word and performance series! It's called Subduction, after the geological process in which a coastal tectonic plate sinking deep below the…

Cascadia today: Trump's trade war will hit Cascadia hard + Spokane wildfire damage to top $1 billion + a Seattle coffee shop trains at-risk youth

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Published: August 24, 2026 20:39

Trump's trade war on Canada will hurt CascadiaAfter a week of negotiations between the US and Canadians failed, Donald Trump has announced he'll impose 50% duties on a range of Canadian imports, and prime minister Mark Carney said Canada would respond with…