The Spovangelist

By Blush Response Before I head out the door each morning I have a choice between wearing my hat as a freelance photographer, radio producer or host on a non-profit community radio station. But no matter what day of the week it is one thing stays the same, I am a citizen and a woman [...]

Water is sacred in Spokane, just as it is in many places around the world. We like to boast about our precious aquifer, indulge in enormous lawns that we maintain throughout the hottest months of the summer, and go to the lake (if we can afford it). Today is Blog Action Day. Because I’m a sucker [...]

I-1098 is a tax reform measure devised by a broad-based coalition of respected business, labor, religious, and civic leaders to make our state tax code more fair. I-1098 would cut taxes for middle-class families and provide critical revenue to protect education and health care priorities like K-12 class-size reduction and Basic Health. It also includes [...]

By The Apostate Although I can’t quite get the words “Vote Bike” to fit into the “Bicycle Race” tune by Queen, I can give you the low-down on NextUp Spokane’s latest project. Vote Bike is a brightly colored, mobile voter engagement bike trailer. The idea is to ride it out to all the fantastic events [...]

You heard the laments and poo-pooing of young voter turn out in Earning Our Ovals last week, but you may not have heard about NextUp Spokane, a new grassroots network of civically inclined young people who are coming together to take on generational apathy. NextUp meets at Neato Burrito/Baby Bar every third Thursday from 7-9pm. [...]