Washington Free Press Issue 21 Directory

Named the State's Best Non-Daily Newspaper by
the Washington Press Association

Issue Number 21 April/May 1996

Cover Art by Jenny Schmid

Brave New Economy

Globalization! Downsizing! Stagnating wages! God help us!!

by Free Press staff

In the Pits

A proposed gravel pit near the Stillaguamish River has residents riled.

by Mary Ann Kae

Playing Hard Ball

Is the luring of pro sports teams just another form of corporate welfare?

by Nick Licata

The Radioland Mergers

Deregulation + consolidation = bad news for America's radiowaves.

by Norman Solomon

Marrying Gay

The issue of same-sex marriages is more complicated than you'd think.

by Richard Jackman

FEATURES:

Getting More Bang for Your Ballot

Backers of proportional representation want to change the way members of the Seattle City Council are elected.
by Herm Ross

Drafting Saint Ralph

A coalition tries to bring a wider choice to the '96 election.
by Andy Bauck

RTA: On the Wrong Track

A new mass-transit plan slams progress into reverse.
by Aaron Ostrom

In Defense of Rocky Brook

As old-growth logging resumes on the Olympic Peninsula, mad-as-hell protesters aren't taking it anymore.
by David Atcheson and Doug Collins

THE REGULARS:

First Word Ideas that cut through the BS.

Reader Mail Actual letters from actual readers.

Working Of and relating to labor.

reported and compiled by Doug Collins.

EnviroWatch How humans treat their surroundings, each other, themselves.

Spike, the Rabid Media Watchdog The poop on the local information industry.

reported and compiled by Eric Nelson.

Hearing Aids Your musical guide.

Thoughts on music by Lance Davis.

Northwest Books Regional writers in review.

literary reviews by Kent Chadwick and Mark Worth

Reel Underground Your guide to experimental film.

film reviews and calendar by Paul D. Goetz.

Quotes of the Month Things people said.

Toons! [NEW!] a cartoon by Marian Henley