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
REPORTER (SPEAKING TO MAYOR OF EAST HAVEN): What are you doing for the Latino community today? MAYOR JOSEPH MATURO, JR.: I might have tacos when I go home; I’m not quite sure yet.
Right wing turns on its own noise machine, discovers what liberals have been putting up with for years : The Republican Noise Machine is, hilariously, at war with itself over its presidential candida..
Poland protests ACTA, the evil cousin to SOPA and PIPA : Thousands of people are marching in the streets of Poland to protest the signing of ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), which is a..
Unusual disaster in Brazil: High-rise buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro : Two buildings – one nearly 20 storeys high – have collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, filling streets with masonry and co..
“We’ve known about labor abuses in some factories for four years, and they’re still going on. Why? Because the system works for us. Suppliers would change everything tomorrow if Apple told them they d..
“Apple brings in some $400,000 per employee but little of that goes to those working in the suicide-ridden Foxconn factories, whose CEO compares workers to animals. Another choice quote from an Apple ..
