On Thursday, June 25 a coalition led by Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ), delivered over 300,000 petition signatures to Costco’s Issaquah headquarters, demanding the retail chain reject genetically modified seafood. Representatives from CAGJ, Loki Fish Company, and UFCW Local 21 met with Costco COO of Merchandizing Doug Schutt, who…
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The FDA is in the final stages of approving the “AquaAdvantage” GE salmon Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) is a member led, Seattle-based organization that challenges unjust food and trade policies through community education and direct action. In partnership with Friends of the Earth, CAGJ is demanding that Costco,…
I-1329 proposes constitutional amendment to denounce money as speech Wealth inequality is the highest it has been since the Great Depression. Starting in the mid-1970’s the income of the wealthiest 1% of Americans began to skyrocket as the earnings of the middle and lower classes stagnated. The Center on Budget…
Crazy Faith Ministries, a nondenominational Christian community outreach collective started by Ben Charles, feeds their “street family” in a parking lot on State Street every Thursday at 6 pm. They feed an average of 200-300 people per week—primarily those who are homeless or otherwise affected by poverty. Recently they have…
From school funding to student loans, low-income youth face disproportionately high barriers The United States has the 17th best education system in the world, according to a recent study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. A variety of metrics were used to quantify success, including international test scores, graduation rates…
In 2011 President Obama signed the controversial Budget Control Act to address what was widely seen as out-of-control national debt. This legislation mandated that if lawmakers could not reach an agreement to reduce our nation’s debt by the beginning of 2013 deep, across the board spending cuts would come into…
Negative stereotypes of low-income folks are perpetuated by lopsided media investigations, which feed into the narrative of conservative lawmakers intent on destroying the social safety net. Yet most voters think that poor children deserve to eat, live indoors and go to a doctor when they are sick. Monica Peabody, POWER…