The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre are longtime PCC members and employees who are concerned about PCC's future, just as our team at NPI is. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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| Excerpt: | The eclectic brick and mortar retailer, which was able to remain a going concern for years after the demise of competitors like Circuit City and CompUSA, has itself reached the end of the line after thirty-six years in business. |
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| Published at: | 5:03 PM on Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances, Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Business Shutdowns |
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| Excerpt: | "In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action," the company said in a statement announcing its action. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook. |
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| Published at: | 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Consumer Protection |
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| Excerpt: | The Internet Society's attempt to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital appears to have been foiled by the entity that operates as the de facto regulator of domains on the Internet. |
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| Published at: | 9:38 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | One of the Pacific Northwest's largest Internet Service Providers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with years of mismanagement and the consequences of ill-advised deals having taken a predictable toll. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, April 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | The senior United States Senator from Massachusetts says it would be irresponsible to offer federal aid with no conditions, as Congress unwisely did twelve years ago. |
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| Published at: | 11:44 AM on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Fiscal Responsibility, Global Health |
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| Excerpt: | A proposed sale of one of the Internet's biggest domain registries is attracting opposition all over the world, including here in the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Sunday, January 26th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Interoperability |
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| Excerpt: | 2019 was a rotten year for The Boeing Company. With much riding on the firm's performance in 2020, Boeing's board has decided a change in leadership is necessary. |
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| Published at: | 7:02 PM on Monday, December 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | Search and advertising giant Google and its parent company Alphabet are about to face more regulatory scrutiny, but this time from the state level. |
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| Published at: | 11:25 PM on Monday, September 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | If the prospect of diversifying your shopping and reducing your dependence on Amazon is appealing to you, then have a look at this guide of alternatives that we have put together. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 AM on Sunday, July 8th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | For decades, PCC (the Puget Consumers Cooperative) has been a fixture of Seattle and more recently the greater Seattle metropolitan area, providing organic food from local farms, ranches, bakeries, and dairies. When we need food for an event, such as our annual Winter Holiday Party, NPI turns to PCC. Since 1998, when PCC adopted the moniker […] |
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| Published at: | 9:17 PM on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | NPI's research has confirmed that there's an extraordinary appetite for meaningful accountability that spans the ideological spectrum and every demographic group imaginable. |
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| Published at: | 3:15 PM on Monday, July 10th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | If this deal goes through, Amazon will -- almost overnight -- become a major player in the brick and mortar retail industry. It already dominates ecommerce. |
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| Published at: | 7:35 PM on Friday, June 16th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
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