Welcome!
Welcome to the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America’s quality of life through innovative research and imaginative advocacy. We’re a think tank with the soul of a tech startup.
We research ideas and propose solutions to elected officials, opinionmakers, and the American people. We uncover the harmful consequences of right wing initiatives, particularly those sponsored by Tim Eyman. NPI is very different from most institutions – in part, that’s because it’s been built by activists, for activists. Our most important resources are human energy (your energy!) and the Internet – the most democratic medium for communication ever invented.
We exist to organize and mobilize progressive thinkers, and give activists an outlet to make their voices heard.
North·west (nawrth-west; Naut. nawr-west)
–noun: the northwestern part of the United States, especially Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Pro·gres·sive (pruh-gres-iv)
–adjective: favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are.
In·sti·tute (in-sti-toot, -tyoot)
–noun: a society or organization for carrying on a particular work, like advancing the common good and expanding freedom.
Headlines from our projects
“I want to renegotiate what was accepted at a certain stage to give it the dimension of growth.” – France’s newly inaugurated President, Francois Hollande, at a news conference in Berlin with German C..
Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper see soda sales fall : The nation’s big three beverage makers continue to push back against attempts by public health officials to wean Americans off of unhealthy, sugary s..
Chase CEO Jaime Dimon has `zero’ credit in D.C., analyst says : Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former economist at the International Monetary Fund, talk..
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Republicans launch new SuperPAC targeting young voters : Kevin Bondelli of FutureMajority writes: I know that the initial reaction from many from the left is to laugh this effort off, but that would ..
New York Times: Cutbacks hurt Washington State’s response to whooping cough : In Skagit County, which has been hit the hardest by the latest whooping cough outbreak, the local Public Health Departmen..
