In honor of those who died that day, we’re republishing a poem that we post annually here on The Cascadia Advocate.
Category: Holidays
The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-six years later
This Fourth of July, take a few minutes to read the Declaration of Independence.
A look at President Biden’s Earth Day itinerary
It’s not often that the President of the United States is here in our region for an occasion like Earth Day, but it’s certainly fitting that he is. Here’s an annotated look at his plans for the day, as announced by the White House press office.
President Biden is on his way to the great Pacific Northwest, travel pool says
The 46th President of the United States is on his way to Oregon and Washington State for his first official visit as Commander-in-Chief to both states, accompanied by a significant number of aides and advisors from the White House.
White House shares more details for President Joe Biden’s upcoming PNW visit
At the daily White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki made public an initial list of supporting speakers at Biden’s official events and elaborated on the themes for each.
President Joe Biden returning to the PNW for Earth Day, will stop in Portland and Seattle
This will be Biden’s first trip to Washington and Oregon as President. Biden has already been to Idaho as President, stopping in Boise for a visit as part of another trip out west that he took last year. Biden was most recently in Seattle in 2019 during a pre-pandemic fundraising swing as part of his presidential campaign.
February is Black History Month. It’s a good time to ask: What are you doing to make your community a better place for Black people?
In our fear, may we find purpose. May we leverage our collective pain and struggle to make ourselves and our communities better, Erin Jones writes.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Time is neutral, it can be used either destructively or constructively
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Banished Words for 2022
Read Lake Superior State University’s forty-seventh List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness — plus NPI’s additions!
Happy Thanksgiving 2021!
Here’s what our team at the Northwest Progressive Institute is grateful for this year.
It’s a two-for-one holiday: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day!
The second Monday in October is an opportunity to honor our Tribal Nations and to give thanks for our blessings with not one, but two holidays.
Twenty years, twenty reads: Reflecting on the September 11th attacks two decades later
This collection of twenty interesting, thought-provoking articles and columns brings the impact of the tragedy of September 11th into clear focus.
In memoriam, twenty years later
In honor of those who died that day, we’re republishing a poem that we post annually here on The Cascadia Advocate.
The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-five years later
This Fourth of July, take a few minutes to read the Declaration of Independence.