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2023
- November 2023: WIP Transitions to Online Issues, Cover
- Fall 2023: Local news coverage matters, Cover, Community Spotlight
- Summer 2023: Children are our future, Cover, Community Spotlight
- What is it about children? They can melt the hearts of the most curmudgeonly misanthrope, test the patience of Job, and show astounding awareness of the world around them—at the same time.
- Spring 2023: Walls, Cover, Back page, Community Spotlight
- Let’s consider a famous line from Robert Frost’s poem, Mending Walls: “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down.”
2022
- Winter 2022: Hostages to the future, Center Page, Community Spotlight
- It’s moving ahead, with or without us. Who’s keeping track? Is change the same as progress? Is being human still a good thing? Who gets to decide?
- September 2022: Better Ships than Citizenship, Cover, Back Page, Center Page, Community Spotlight
- Many stories in this issue say that our governments’ priorities don’t reflect the priorities of the governed but instead serve the demands of profit.
- May 2022: Loose Ends, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- Looking back at our stories over the past few years to see where there are “loose ends.” What
stories did WIP publish about government actions or environmental threats or citizen efforts to improve things—where there needed to be on-going coverage?
- Looking back at our stories over the past few years to see where there are “loose ends.” What
- April 2022: Taking Time, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- making time, doing time. Do we make time for ourselves and our families, mindfully, willingly? Are others taking our time from us? How did the 8-hour workday morph into being
available by phone after the shift ends? How do incarcerated people mark time? Are we using time or the other way around?
- making time, doing time. Do we make time for ourselves and our families, mindfully, willingly? Are others taking our time from us? How did the 8-hour workday morph into being
- March 2022: What lies beneath, Center Fold, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- What might be hidden from our view just below the surface of things? Does decay fester under a veil of chipper platitudes or can we trust that dormant seeds of life are about to burst
forth to nourish us? If you scratch the surface of a cynic, is there an idealist underneath?
- What might be hidden from our view just below the surface of things? Does decay fester under a veil of chipper platitudes or can we trust that dormant seeds of life are about to burst
- February 2022: Grifters, Moochers & Lovers, Center Fold, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- Dark players don’t take a holiday on Valentine’s Day but lots of regular folx keep their love light burning all year long. Is anyone watching out for us or are we always being played? Where does love fit when so many messages tell us just to look out for number one?
- January 2022: Where do we find light?, Center Fold, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- Can you see it yet? What helped you navigate the dark time?
2021
- November-December 2021. Gimme shelter!, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- It’s a winter theme, but check out the lyrics to the Stones’ recording.
- October. 2021 Reap what you sow, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight, Center Page
- It’s a metaphor for harvest, elections and more
- September 2021: Back to school
- August 2021: Some things are changing; some are not
- July 2021: The Ballot or the Bullet?
- June 2021: The Big Lie
- May 2021: Finding Common Ground
- April 2021: Work vs jobs vs pay
- March 2021: Things revealed by the pandemic
- Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- If you’ve ever been played in a shell game, you know things move very fast. You think you know where the hidden object will be when the shells stop moving, but you almost never do. Sometimes, there’s nothing under any of the shells…
- February 2021: Time, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- Time seems to loom ever larger in our understanding of how to live…the time we spend on daily demands—and the time we have to address the gorilla in the room—climate change
- January 2021: What we can’t face, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight, Chart of Olympia PPP Loans
- “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin.
2020
- November/December 2020: What is political?, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- If political activity is only activity around elections, we’re in trouble. What are your experiences in the “political” realm?
- October 2020: The struggle for justice, Cover, Back Page, Center Fold, Community Spotlight
- We invite anyone who has read, contributed to or helped produce the paper to send their memories, critiques, old copies, artifacts etc. that have been part of WIP on its journey.
- September 2020: Hoping, doping, coping and shopping
- The signs are: the ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everyone else. Mass protests. Political upheaval and social division. Breakdown of institutions. Betrayal of the social contract. So how do we function? By coping…hoping…doping…or…shopping. Which one works for you?
- August 2020: When money is the measure, Cover, Back Page, Community Spotlight
- If we “privatize” everything, everything will be bought or sold. Everything will have its price. And then what? Do you think we’ve gone too far down that road?
- July 2020: Unintended Consequences, Center Fold, Back Page
- There are certainly unintended consequences to actions small and large, but maybe some of those consequences are predictable.
- There are certainly unintended consequences to actions small and large, but maybe some of those consequences are predictable.
- June 2020: Unintended consequences, Center Fold
- What things connect us to one another: Nextdoor online or a visit to the next door neighbor? What things connect our political analyses and organizing?
- May 2020 – Theme: Another world is possible , Center Fold, Cover, Back Page
- April 2020 – Theme: Will convenience destroy us?, Cover, Back Page
- March 2020 – Theme: The bill of rights
- February 2020- Theme: Our lived values
- January 2020 – Theme: What keeps us safe?, Center Fold
2019
- November-December 2019 – Theme: Winning and losing
- October 2019 – Theme: The rest of the world, Center Fold
- September 2019 – Theme: What future are we creating?, Center Fold
- August 2019 – Theme: Who’s running things? at home, locally, statewide, nationally, worldwide
- July 2019 – Theme: What it means to be part of a community
- June 2019 – Theme: Housing and houselessness
- May 2019 – Theme: International Workers’ Day and the evolution of work
- April 2019 – Theme: Food, production, consumption, transformation
- March 2019 – Theme: Justice in all its dimensions
- February 2019 – Theme: Rural life and the urban/rural divide, Center
- January 2019 -Theme: Political work in the context of the midterm election results.
2018
- December 2018 – Theme: Religion and the Law
- November 2018 – Theme: The Public Sector and the Common Good
- October 2018 – Theme: Immigration
- September 2018 – Theme: Democracy and Elections
- August 2018 – Theme: Neighbors
- July 2018 – Theme: Living on the Edge
- June 2018 – Theme: The surveillance society
- May 2018 – Theme: Eight Hours of Work
- April 2018 – Theme: Collective Memory
- March 2018 – Theme: The Pursuit of Happiness
- February 2018 – Theme: Work
- January 2018
2017
- December 2017 – Theme: The Environment
- November 2017 – Theme: Punching Back
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
2016
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016 – pages 1-4
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016 – pages 1-6
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
2015
- December 2015
- November 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015 – Ralph’s Thriftway article, page 1, 11
- July 2015 – Reject GMO Salmon article, page 9
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015, (Issuu)
2014
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
2013
- December 13
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
Internet Wayback Machine Links
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