By Carrie Anderson A small group of people is starting a Time Exchange in Spokane. Members of our leadership group participated in the recent PJALS workshop at the Unitarian Church. The Spokane Time Exchange (STE) will leverage the power of…

Shar Lichty Marriage Equality matters in Spokane. This was apparent at City Hall on Monday April 16, as I witnessed 300 individuals show up and nearly 100 testify on both sides of the issue. During this meeting, I heard some…

A confusing event in Sanford, Florida is squarely in the faces of us who care about justice, human rights, individual liberties, discrimination and neighborhood security. And every factor pushing the killing of Trayvon Martin to the front of American consciousness…

Did you see that coming? Gonzaga University is taking heat for honoring Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Having more than one serious knee-jerk reaction to this contro-versy, I have to chime in. It seems some conservative supporters of the local Jesuit university…

Now, we seem to have a choice. We two potential enemies in the Middle East. Libya was a distraction just to remind us that all Islamist evil does not reside in Iraq and Afghanistan, but here are Iran and Syria…

By Amanda Hunt, Intern The 2012 legislative session was a whirlwind of good, bad, and even ugly. Our legislators had, once again, the difficult task of reducing Washington’s budget due to revenue shortfall. There was much disagreement on cutting of…