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: | The people's House of Representatives finally has a majority willing to implement the people's demand for Net Neutrality. Get details on the historic vote. |
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| Published at: | 7:55 PM on Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Ajit Pai is trying to destroy net neutrality, but the fight is not over. Learn what you can do to keep the Internet free and open. |
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| Published at: | 1:17 PM on Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Brad Fenstermacher |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | In an important victory for our digital liberties, the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 in favor of restoring net neutrality as the law of the land in this country. The following are the speeches given by United States Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell in support of a free and open Internet prior to the vote. |
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| Published at: | 1:46 PM on Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Net neutrality will soon be the law of the land again -- at least in the Evergreen State -- following today's signing of Substitute House Bill 2282 by Governor Jay Inslee, officially titled protecting an open internet in Washington State. |
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| Published at: | 9:11 PM on Monday, March 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Net neutrality may be in grave peril at the federal level, but states like Washington are stepping up to protect the idea of a free and open Internet. By a vote of ninety-three to five, the House of Representatives on Friday adopted legislation that would safeguard net neutrality at the state level. |
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| Published at: | 11:38 AM on Sunday, February 11th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Donald Trump's men on the FCC (Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr, Michael O'Rielly) have voted to gut net neutrality, but their decision will be challenged in court. |
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| Published at: | 11:03 AM on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Read Gael Tarleton's message to the FCC urging Ajit Pai, Michael O'Rielly, and Brendan Carr not to scrap the rules that protect Internet freedom in the U.S. |
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| Published at: | 2:38 PM on Sunday, November 26th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: The following are the comments submitted by the Northwest Progressive Institute to the Federal Communications Commission in support of a free and open Internet, opposing Republican Ajit Pai’s proposal to do away with the rules adopted in 2015 to require broadband providers to adhere to net neutrality. Commissioners: Title 47 of the Code […] |
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| Published at: | 1:09 PM on Thursday, July 13th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Read our recap of Senator Maria Cantwell's net neutrality town hall, and what you need to do to help save the internet. |
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| Published at: | 8:59 PM on Friday, July 7th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Sanjay Satish |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Organized money may be an increasingly powerful force in America and American politics, but today, organized people beat organized money to secure a historic, vital victory for Internet freedom in the United States of America. Just minutes ago, the Federal Communications Commission’s Democratic majority voted to adopt strong net neutrality rules that will keep the […] |
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| Published at: | 11:07 AM on Thursday, February 26th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | Today, thousands of websites around the world — ranging from those belonging to big firms like Netflix to small nonprofits like NPI — are overlaying symbolic spinning wheels of death on top of their content to raise awareness of the need for net neutrality, the principle that all traffic on the Internet should be treated […] |
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| Published at: | 8:49 AM on Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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| Excerpt: | This panel is moderated by Marissa Valeri who is Common Cause’s digital strategies manager. Panelists include Kim Lehmkuhl, Lauren Wilson, and Andi Zeisler. From the panel description: Earlier this year, a court overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) common sense net neutrality rules, which guaranteed the right of users to connect to the websites, blogs, […] |
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| Published at: | 12:57 PM on Friday, July 18th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Rennie Sawade |
| Categories: | Events, Media & Culture, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Netroots Nation |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a letter sent by NPI to the offices of U.S. Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Jeff Merkley of Oregon this morning. Dear Senators Murray and Merkley: On behalf of the team at the Northwest Progressive Institute, I am writing to express our strong opposition to two […] |
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| Published at: | 11:12 AM on Monday, December 5th, 2011 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Digital Freedom, Interoperability, User Consent |
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| Excerpt: | In a matter of days, the United States Senate may be voting on an extremely dangerous bill backed by the entertainment industry that would allow powerful media conglomerates and other big corporations to censor the Internet at will. This bill, S. 968, which we’ve previously written about, is officially known as the Preventing Real Online Threats […] |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Digital Freedom |
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