Washington Free Press Issue 22 Directory

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

Issue Number 22 July/August 1996

Cover Art by Margaret Flynn and Georgi Page

Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead.

RJ Reynolds dangles the big bucks to attract Seattle's Twenty-something hipsters.

by Mark Worth

Looking Back On Labor

Washington's labor and reform scribes left a rich legacy.

by Carlos Schwantes

Talkin' Gay Rights

A report on the recent Gay Activism Conference in Wenatchee

by Richard Jackman

Readin', Writin', Retchin'

Why is toxic soup on the menu at Bainbridge Island schools?

by Diana Tener

C.U.R.S.E. II?

UW officials lower the boom on KCMU's progressive news show.

by Mark Worth

Tree Sale

Many loggers have chainsaws in one hand and government hand outs in the other.

by David Atcheson

FEATURES:

U.S.-Mexico Military Ties

U.S. role in suppressing the Chiapas rebellion has stayed in the shadows.

by Norman Solomon

You Can Be a Nader Nominator

Here's what you can do to put Ralph Nader on the WA State Presedential ballot.
by Free Press staff

Bob Dole Says 'Hello'

When Ambro met Robo-Candidate

by John Ambrosavage

Muckrakers

Review of the Baffler magazine from Chicago.
by Doug Nufer

Special Event

Listen to Jim Page and watch documentaries in support of the WFP and Earth On the Air Independent Media.

THE REGULARS:

Reader Mail Actual letters from actual readers.

Follow File Updates of past WFP stories.

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.

Northwest Books Regional writers in review.

literary review by Kent Chadwick

Video Views Things you can rent at the video store.

Reel Underground Your guide to experimental film.

film reviews and calendar by Paul D. Goetz.

Toons! a cartoon by Marian Henley