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: | Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff's book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Monday, June 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Technology, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Books |
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| Excerpt: | Paige A. Thompson is in big trouble. The Seattle-based hacker is in federal custody after FBI agents searched her home and found evidence she breached the serves of CapitalOne. |
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| Published at: | 6:21 PM on Monday, July 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Hardening |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's interview with King County's top elections official. Topics discussed include preparations for the 2018 November general election, ballot security, and reforms like prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes that are making it easier to vote. |
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| Published at: | 5:44 PM on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections, Hardening, Secure Elections |
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| Excerpt: | It’s a start: President Obama struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 suspected Russian intelligence operatives from the United States and imposing sanctions on Russia’s two leading intelligence services. The administration also penalized four top officers of one of those services, the powerful military intelligence unit […] |
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| Published at: | 7:58 PM on Thursday, December 29th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Diplomacy & Conflict, Hardening |
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| Excerpt: | Clown. Charlatan. Bigot. Phony. Fraud. Donald Trump has been called all these things and more (and fittingly), but now we can add more descriptor to the list: Traitor. Only a man who puts himself and his own thirst for political power above his country would make such unpatriotic, reckless, and irresponsible comments: Donald J. Trump […] |
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| Published at: | 9:50 AM on Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s note: If the terms GNU and Linux don’t mean anything to you, this post is probably going to read like a bunch of gibberish. Sorry. But do read on if you’re interested in learning more about the wonderful world of free software. Free software enthusiasts, it’s time to rev up your Advanced Packaging Tool […] |
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| Published at: | 3:14 PM on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Celebrating Free Software, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Copyleft, Debian, Interoperability, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, WordPress |
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