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Offering commentary and analysis from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, The Cascadia Advocate is the Northwest Progressive Institute's uplifting perspective on world, national, and local politics.

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Author Archives: Theresa Curry Almuti

Posted inViews & Reviews

Documentary Review: The People vs. the Politicians examines our republic’s illnesses

by Theresa Curry AlmutiDecember 15th, 2018December 18th, 2018

Read NPI’s review of The Peo­ple vs. the Politi­cians, a film by Hedrick Smith. 

Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism in Europe
Posted inViews & Reviews

Documentary Review: Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe is critical viewing

by Theresa Curry AlmutiOctober 21st, 2018October 20th, 2018

We are doomed to repeat his­to­ry if we don’t learn from it, the say­ing goes. Read NPI’s review of Rick Steves’ new spe­cial, The Sto­ry of Fas­cism in Europe. Then, make time to ask friends and fam­i­ly if they’ve voted. 

Fahrenheit 11/9 movie poster
Posted inViews & Reviews

Documentary Review: Michael Moore takes on the Trump error with Fahrenheit 11⁄9

by Theresa Curry AlmutiOctober 7th, 2018October 7th, 2018

In Michael Moore’s Fahren­heit 11⁄9, the well-known activist/director explores how we can get our coun­try mov­ing back in a pro­gres­sive direc­tion and save our democracy.

You A Nomad poster
Posted inViews & Reviews

Documentary Review: “You A Nomad”

by Theresa Curry AlmutiSeptember 15th, 2018

Read NPI’s review of the doc­u­men­tary short “You A Nomad”, which can be watched in five install­ments on the web. 

Posted inBreaking News

Patty Kuderer, My-Linh Thai roll to victory in the 48th and 41st Legislative Districts

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 7th, 2018August 10th, 2018

So much for Rod­ney Tom’s come­back bid. He’s get­ting crushed by Pat­ty Kud­er­er in Wash­ing­ton’s 48th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict. Mean­while, My-Linh Thai is lead­ing both Repub­li­can Michael Apple­by and fel­low Demo­c­rat Wendy Weik­er in the race to suc­ceed Judy Clibborn. 

Ian Haney Lopez, author of Dog Whisle Politics
Posted inEvents

LIVE from New Orleans: Why avoiding talking about race is inauthentic and ineffective

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 3rd, 2018August 5th, 2018

When we don’t direct­ly address race and dog whis­tle mes­sages, peo­ple know that we aren’t being hon­est. But when we call it out and address it, we build trust and authen­tic­i­ty. Invok­ing cross-racial sol­i­dar­i­ty helps to get past peo­ple’s cynicism.

Keith Thirion of Alliance for Justice and Hilary Shelton of the NAACP
Posted inEvents

LIVE from New Orleans: Thinking and uniting across issues to protect our federal judiciary

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 3rd, 2018August 5th, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh­’s Supreme Court nom­i­na­tion can be blocked. At Net­roots Nation, a dis­tin­guished pan­el of activists with exper­tise in oppos­ing extrem­ist right wing judi­cial nom­i­na­tions dis­cussed what it will take to keep Kavanaugh off the bench and deny Trump and McConnell a victory.

Chantelle Wilkinson and Mike Koprowski of Opportunity Starts at Home
Posted inEvents

LIVE from New Orleans: America’s housing crisis is an issue for everyone, everywhere

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 3rd, 2018August 4th, 2018

The fed­er­al gov­ern­ment has failed to address this grow­ing cri­sis in our coun­try, and that real­ly needs to change in order to ade­quate­ly address the prob­lem. This is an issue where pro­gres­sives can and should be leading.

Netroots Nation 2018 Screening Series sign
Posted inLive Coverage

LIVE from New Orleans: A synopsis of films and filmmakers at Netroots Nation 2018

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 2nd, 2018August 3rd, 2018

Learn about doc­u­men­tary films select­ed by Screen­ing Lib­er­al­ly for view­ing at Net­roots Nation 2018.

Minh Nguyen speaks at The Power Coalition: How Integrated Voter Engagement is Empowering Citizens in Louisiana
Posted inLive Coverage

LIVE from New Orleans: Activists discuss teaming up to improve voter engagement

by Theresa Curry AlmutiAugust 2nd, 2018August 2nd, 2018

Read our recap of The Pow­er Coali­tion: How Inte­grat­ed Vot­er Engage­ment is Empow­er­ing Cit­i­zens in Louisiana, a pan­el dis­cus­sion at Net­roots Nation 2018. 

Posted inViews & Reviews

SIFF Documentary Reviews: “Afghan Cycles” and “The Poetess” tell the stories of groundbreaking women in the Middle East

by Theresa Curry AlmutiJune 30th, 2018July 1st, 2018

Read NPI’s reviews of two films screened at the 2018 Seat­tle Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val that tell the sto­ries of ground­break­ing women in the Mid­dle East.

Posted inViews & Reviews

SIFF Documentary Review: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Come for the nostalgia, stay for the uplifting truth about Mister Rogers

by Theresa Curry AlmutiJune 8th, 2018May 25th, 2018

Read NPI’s review of Won’t You Be My Neigh­bor?, a new doc­u­men­tary film about Fred Rogers, the leg­endary chil­dren’s tele­vi­sion host. 

The Most Dangerous Year
Posted inLegislative Advocacy

SIFF Documentary Review: “The Most Dangerous Year” highlights the urgency of the fight for transgender rights

by Theresa Curry AlmutiMay 26th, 2018May 25th, 2018

Read NPI’s review of “The Most Dan­ger­ous Year”, pre­mier­ing at the 2018 Seat­tle Inter­na­tion­al Film Festival. 

2018 Seattle International Film Festival
Posted inViews & Reviews

Coming soon: Coverage of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival!

by Theresa Curry AlmutiMay 12th, 2018May 12th, 2018

The last trimester of spring is almost here, and that means the time has come for the annu­al Seat­tle Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. SIFF 2018 begins on May 17th and runs through June 10th. Learn about the cov­er­age NPI will be offer­ing of this year’s Festival. 

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