Inside the Fight Over Olympia School Closures
A proposal to close Madison, McKenny, and LP Brown Elementary Schools faces pushback from community members.
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Labor Daze and Class Struggle
Labor Day should celebrate labor organizing that seeks to materially improve working conditions and life outside the workplace.
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The Ongoing History of Works in Progress
Since 1990, Works in Progress (WIP) has been a platform for the public and independent thinking of a community assuming control of its own history.
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War Report: Resistance to U.S. Attacks on Migrants
State violence against immigrants and activists is intensifying but so is people’s will to fight back.
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Political Lines and Militant Styles
Without millions of residents and daily tourists bringing new ideas and taking them back out to the world with some added local flavor, the influence of…
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Closures and Layoffs Loom if Timberland Regional Library Ballot Measure Fails
The library’s proposed $0.13 levy rate increase would have an immediate, sweeping impact on TRL’s operations, but voters have to say yes first.
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The Dirty Truth About North Central Washington Data Centers
As wildfire smoke filled the Wenatchee Valley, the community mobilized to protest an AI Expo and challenge Sabey Data Centers' right to pollute our air.
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When Trees and Sidewalks Get Along
How cities in other countries are making room underground for the canopy overhead — cooling neighborhoods while preventing sidewalk damage.
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August 2026

Is It Really At-Will Employment?
At-will employment doesn’t give employers unlimited power; rather, it puts the burden on workers to understand and assert their rights.
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Noticings: A Column About Public Space and Design — Making a Dogpile
Musings on extra nuclear housing.
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Food Justice and the Olympia Food Co-op
Food injustice is growing across the country. Community institutions like the Olympia Food Co-op want to do something about it.
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A Historic Library Levy Lid Lift Will Appear on Ballots this November, Putting Timberland Regional Library’s Fate in Voters’ Hands
Whether the $0.35 levy increase passes this fall determines TRL’s survival — and that of the communities relying on it.
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