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
“In Dimon’s reality distortion field, JPMorgan’s enormous bets weren’t anything like prop trading. The bank’s Chief Investment Office in London was just hedging—namely, trying to reduce the firm’s ris..
Wealthy Republican billionaire plotting to launch smear campaign against President Obama during Democratic National Convention : A group of experienced Republican operatives is collaborating with a r..
Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. : Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein write: We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them..
Michael Baumgartner, current State Senator (6th-R) and opponent to Maria Cantwell, came to Western Washington University today to talk to students with slightly grammatically incorrect campaign mater..
“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..
