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Category Archives: Media & Culture

Steve Pool: 1953–2023

Excerpt: Born November 5th, 1953, Pool grew up in Western Washington. He went to Tyee High School in SeaTac and served his peers as student body president. He went to college at the University of Washington and became a KOMO intern during those years. After he graduated in 1978 with a major in communications, he was hired to work at the station full time as a reporter, covering hard news and sports. 
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Book Review: Collision of Power examines the Bezos/Trump years at The Washington Post

Excerpt: Read NPI's review of Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post by Martin Barton.
Written by:David Kobrin
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Book Review: Kim Kelly’s Fight Like Hell is a useful synthesis of American labor history

Excerpt: Slowly at first, and then with increasing energy, Fight Like Hell brings together radical themes from our nation’s past that make the book a worthwhile read.
Written by:David Kobrin
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Republican rivals bash Trump and each other in party’s second 2024 presidential debate

Excerpt: Multiple voices shouted over one another and genuine dislikes emerged as seven Republican presidential hopefuls held their second debate tonight on party-aligned FNC at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. 
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Book Review: “What Are You Gonna Do About It?” presents the wisdom of Jolene Unsoeld

Excerpt: Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's review of “What Are You Gonna Do About It? Stories of a Hopeless Meddler,” from Jolene Unsoeld, completed after her death by her son Krag Unsoeld.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Book Review: An assault on American democracy and our responsibility to stop it

Excerpt: Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's review of The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy, by renowned journalist David Neiwert.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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The Stranger versus PubliCola versus The Urbanist: Comparing their August 2023 Seattle City Council endorsements

Excerpt: Read NPI's analysis of the endorsements published by The Stranger, PubliCola, and The Urbanist for Seattle City Council in the August 2023 Top Two election.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Ultra MAGA Republicans give RFK’s wayward son another platform to spew his bile

Excerpt: The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, invited Robert F. Kennedy's son to entertain them with conspiracy theories and misinformation on July 20th.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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The Seattle Times versus The Stranger: How their 2023 MLKC area endorsements compare

Excerpt: With each paper's set of endorsements now available to scrutinize, our team thought it would be interesting to do a comparison and see where the papers agree and disagree. You might think the papers would be far apart in their choices, and sometimes they were... but not always!
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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A majority of Washington voters agree big tech companies should have to pay for news

Excerpt: 55% of 773 likely general election voters in Washington interviewed earlier this month said they strongly or somewhat agreed that big tech companies like Google and Facebook should be obligated to pay media publishers for news content. Only 17% somewhat or strongly disagreed, and 27% were not sure.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Fox settles with Dominion, averting anxiously awaited trial in landmark defamation case

Excerpt: The pricetag for sparing the witness stand, and escaping accountability, came to $787.50 million. “The truth matters: Lies have consequences,” Dominion’s lawyer Justin Nelson said outside the courtroom. “Over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept Dominion and election officials across America into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to Dominion and the country.”
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Two-faced Tucker Carlson and the ugly underbelly of Rupert Murdoch’s FNC

Excerpt: “I hate him passionately,” Tucker said in an email two days before the January 6th insurrection, adding that “we are very very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.”
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Book Review: 100% Democracy makes the case for adopting universal voting in the U.S.

Excerpt: Read NPI's review of 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, by writer E. J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport, a former Secretary of State.
Written by:Alexa Moormeier
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Seattle Times endorses NPI’s legislation to repeal statewide “advisory votes”

Excerpt: Titled "Boot confusing advisory votes from WA ballots," this is a fresh contender for our team's favorite Seattle Times editorial. It's well written, has compelling opening and concluding passages, and the logic that holds it together is sound.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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