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: | Read NPI's appreciation of the late Vice President Walter Mondale, a stalwart progressive leader from Minnesota, authored by Joel Connelly. |
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| Published at: | 10:04 PM on Monday, April 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | For decades, Rush Limbaugh heaped abuse on people as a syndicated practitioner of hate speech. Now he's gone. His contemporaries in right wing media are now trying to memorialize a Rush who never existed. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Radio |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's celebration of the life and accomplishments of Jay Pearson, who for decades worked to help elect Democrats and empower them to govern well once in office. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Read the Northwest Progressive Institute's obituary of a true legend, one of the finest people ever to serve our country as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
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| Published at: | 8:48 PM on Friday, September 18th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | There are few people in American history who lived their lives as courageously and conscientiously as Georgia's best known member of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Saturday, July 18th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Rest in power, Chairman. We'll miss you. But we'll always remember you, and try to live up to the good example that you set for us. |
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| Published at: | 10:43 AM on Thursday, October 17th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | On November 4th, 2018, NPI lost one of its strongest supporters: Priscilla O'Leary. Read about Priscilla's life and her contributions to progressive causes. |
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| Published at: | 1:29 PM on Monday, November 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Tech pioneer and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, who amassed one of the largest fortunes in the world after co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died due to complications of cancer, his family has announced. |
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| Published at: | 3:46 PM on Monday, October 15th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Former Democratic Idaho Governor and United States Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, a pillar in the conservation movement, has died of complications of lung cancer, his daughter Tracy confirmed this morning. He was eighty-five. Andrus lived a fulfilling life and leaves behind a legacy worth appreciating. Raised in Oregon, he later moved to Idaho and became […] |
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| Published at: | 11:11 AM on Friday, August 25th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | A key figure in the Washington State Senate’s Republican caucus has died after battling a recurrence of lung cancer, his colleagues and family divulged today. Senator Andy Hill (R‑45th District: Redmond, Kirkland, Sammamish, Woodinville, Duvall) has been the Senate’s chief budget writer since late 2012. He assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Ways & Means […] |
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| Published at: | 8:16 PM on Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: Respected and widely beloved Seattle community activist Ruth Woo died this week at the age of eighty-nine. News of her passing has sparked an outpouring of tributes. “Over many, many years, Ruth Woo was a wonderful friend and mentor to countless Washingtonians. She was a trusted leader with a remarkable talent for bringing […] |
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| Published at: | 8:23 PM on Friday, July 15th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Former Delaware Attorney General and Delaware Army National Guard Major Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died after succumbing to brain cancer, the Vice President’s office has announced. He was only forty-six. “It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother […] |
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| Published at: | 9:32 PM on Saturday, May 30th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances, Public Service |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand. — Traditional Irish blessing We may still be in the midst of Lent as spring […] |
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| Published at: | 9:56 PM on Saturday, March 21st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances, Spirituality |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | This week certainly is off to a pretty bad start. First, we lost the great Robin Williams, who tragically took his own life after succumbing to depression. Now we’ve lost Lauren Bacall, one of the finest talents of the last century and a stalwart progressive. “With deep sorrow for the magnitude of our loss, yet […] |
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| Published at: | 8:02 PM on Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Obituaries |
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