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by Adam Mordecal Not-so-fun fact: A waiter’s minimum wage in America is $2.13 per hour plus tips. Waiters are three times more likely to fall under the poverty line than average workers, and women are three times more likely to … Continue reading →

Becky Penoyar shared Keristen LaBelle-Rowley‘s status Just got out of the ER with Jax. He had a big, what I thought and looked like a mosquito bite yesterday, that I noticed but just assumed he was probably allergic. Well today I noticed this … Continue reading →

Shelton, WA (6-26-14) — Mason County prosecutor Mike Dorcy had yet to complete presenting his case for the murder of 54-year-old George Alan Harmon about 7 PM, August 13, 2013 at a house in the 1900 block of South 1st Street … Continue reading →

People Get Ready (live version) from the Love, Peace and Happiness double album released in 1969:People get ready, there’s a train a comin’ You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels … Continue reading →

Post by Maged Shahin.

Portland, OR (6-18-14) — A Tent City for the Homeless has existed for 3-years in Portland despite the City’s animosity, shepherded by a good Samaritan who goes by ‘Ibrahim’ Muhammad Mubarak. This street interview is an illustration of how street … Continue reading →

by Louis Adamic (Battles in the Telluride Mines, 1901-1903) A short history of the striking workers who took over the mines in Telluride, Colorado, and the illegal methods the state used to eventually defeat them: On May 1, 1901, a … Continue reading →

Olympia, WA @ Artesian Well (6-9-14) — It was a balmy Saturday, but the hectic competition for parking at Oly’s Farmers Market made alternatives more inviting despite a stage with talented buskers and fresh produce vendors. Sylvester Park had comfortable benches, … Continue reading →

Olympia, WA (6-8-14) — Washington residents think the State’s justice system really blows. It has gotten so bad an overwhelming majority of the public feel it’s intrinsically unfair. Though most judges have never met a cop they didn’t like or a … Continue reading →

Shelton, WA (6-6-14) — One war toy (an incredibly heavy armored personnel carrier) wasn’t enough for Sheriff Casey of Mason County. When asked why the tank was needed during an interview a couple of years ago at the county fair where … Continue reading →