http://www.realchangenews.org/index.phpindex.php/site/articles/ Weekly news from Real Change Newspaper en webmaster@realchangenews.org Copyright 2013 2013-06-12T18:43:55+00:00 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7890 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/uw_researcher_finds_that_for_homeless_teens_music_is_a_lifeline#When:17:43:41Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7893 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/winter_of_our_discontent#When:18:01:56Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7896 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/law_prevents_employers_from_discriminating_against_those_with_criminal_back#When:18:35:59Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7891 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/first_hill_stockbox_is_micro_grocers_second_location#When:17:56:19Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7892 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/new_manual_aims_to_help_homeless_youth#When:17:59:56Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7897 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/good_fences_and_bad_neighbors#When:18:38:24Z BOOK REVIEW - Harvest, by Jim Crace http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7894 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/a_city_ordinance_to_promote_hiring_local_people_could_put_residents_of_rain#When:18:08:44Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7895 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/city_council_tells_nickelsville_to_move_out_by_september#When:18:30:51Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7898 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/facts_often_unite_to_create_a_compelling_story_but_sometimes_other_facts_ar#When:18:42:15Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7899 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_sharon_soocey#When:18:43:55Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7878 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/low_fare_expectations#When:17:39:33Z King County tasks community members with creating low-income fare program recommendations http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7871 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/making_the_city_safe_for_lawn_chairs#When:17:24:21Z The SPD’s new predictive policing software might predict crimes against garden gnomes, but it can’t prevent cops from using excessive force http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7879 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/breaking_the_news#When:17:45:50Z As a broadcast journalist, Carole Simpson overcame racism and sexism to tell the biggest stories of the day http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7874 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/group_launches_campaign_for_paid_sick_leave_in_tacoma#When:17:33:24Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7877 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/as_city_ponders_new_regulations_for_microhousing_proponents_say_officials_a#When:17:39:44Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7876 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/new_law_offers_support_for_young_people_who_age_out_of_foster_care#When:17:36:54Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7880 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/poor_man_rich_man#When:17:47:37Z A novel reveals the hidden costs of making serious bank http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7872 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/if_legislators_act_now_they_can_improve_the_future_for_washington_residents#When:17:27:19Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7873 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/only_three_days_left_in_our_spring_fund_drive#When:17:28:12Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7881 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/when_you_know_the_math_things_dont_always_add_up._when_that_happens_its_eco#When:17:50:12Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7875 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/ywca_smoke_gets_in_your_eyes#When:17:34:41Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7882 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/imagine_god_dressed_as_a_panhandler#When:17:51:18Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7883 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_erdzan_sadik#When:17:52:17Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7849 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/protect_this_house#When:22:05:20Z By keeping Jeremy Griffin from being evicted, activists won one battle in the war against foreclosures http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7850 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/this_will_only_hurt_for_a_second#When:22:08:44Z Leading the city’s Human Services Department might be uncomfortable, but it doesn’t last long http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7851 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/researchers_find_south_king_county_typifies_the_suburbanization_of_poverty#When:22:10:12Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7853 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/council_to_consider_law_that_would_prevent_employment_bias_for_prior_convic#When:22:28:26Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7856 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/advocates_in_kitsap_county_scrap_plans_for_camp_to_house_chronically_homele#When:22:38:45Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7857 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/waking_up_to_nickelsville#When:22:39:53Z City council ponders long-awaited solutions for embattled homeless camp http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7861 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/uk_program_trains_homeless_people_to_distribute_surplus_food_from_supermark#When:22:49:13Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7858 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/out_of_sight_in_the_mind#When:22:43:57Z Book review - Blindspot: Hidden biases of Good People - By Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7854 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/making_healthy_food_more_affordable_to_low_income_people_makes_everyone_hea#When:22:30:31Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7855 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_proposal_to_legalize_homeless_encampments#When:22:32:21Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7859 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/clothes_may_not_make_the_man_but_clothes_from_abercrombie_fitch_look_amazin#When:22:46:55Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7860 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_andy_allen#When:22:48:23Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7838 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/denver_coffee_shop_offers_work_perks_to_homeless_people#When:18:24:00Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7826 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/token_gesture#When:17:36:48Z Spread by social media, the pay-it-forward practice known as ‘caffe sospeso’ is finding fans in the capital of coffee http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7834 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/a_poet_and_artist_of_the_people#When:18:06:37Z Reginald Thompson: May 14, 1953 - May 2, 2013 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7832 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_lot_is_full#When:17:58:16Z Safe Parking program, now one year old, is reaching capacity as more people forced to live in their vehicles http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7835 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/war_crimes#When:18:08:49Z Historian and author Nick Turse unearths how the U.S. military’s savage policies brutalized countless Vietnamese civilians http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7829 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/checks_and_balances#When:17:50:35Z With a new lawsuit, the ACLU seeks to hold the burgeoning background check industry accountable http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7833 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/state_audit_finds_flaws_in_king_countys_discount_bus_tickets_program#When:18:01:03Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7830 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/study_shows_toxicants_in_duwamish_river_could_remain_for_decades#When:17:52:18Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7831 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/mayor_breaks_silence_offers_two_plans_for_next_steps_at_nickelsville#When:17:56:40Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7827 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/bombs_terrorists_may_dominate_the_news_but_for_many_the_most_dangerous_thre#When:17:42:45Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7828 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/thank_you_for_giving_big#When:17:46:34Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7836 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/hatred_of_cellphones_used_to_be_my_hang_up._but_now_i_see_the_google_glass#When:18:19:05Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7839 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/reader_profile_john_lapham#When:18:31:54Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7837 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/whats_stronger_than_the_power_of_love_its_a_little_thing_called_the_power_o#When:18:22:00Z Rev. Rich Lang is the pastor of University Temple United Methodist and can be contacted through utemple.org. http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7808 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/an_education#When:17:40:15Z At Ed McClain’s spot in front of the University District Safeway, customers recalled lessons from a friend http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7807 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_man_who_held_court_in_the_folding_chair#When:17:35:42Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7806 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/from_healing_other_women_to_healing_herself#When:17:18:57Z Tony-winning playwright Eve Ensler went to the Congo to help women whose bodies were ravaged by sexual violence. Then a cancer diagnosis led Ensler to reconnect with her own body — and the world http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7804 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/nickelsville_on_the_campaign_trail#When:17:04:38Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7805 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/a_band_aid_for_breakdowns#When:17:15:55Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7811 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/coke_isnt_it#When:17:57:49Z Book review -- The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? / By Jared Diamond http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7809 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/urban_density_advocates_believe_an_increase_in_development_translates_into#When:17:46:38Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7810 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_impending_olympia_train_wreck_comes_to_seattle#When:17:50:00Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7812 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/we_are_all_actors_in_an_end_of_the_world_movie._but_no_one_knows_when_it_wi#When:18:02:37Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7813 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_dwayne_stelivan#When:18:03:00Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7790 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/nickelsville_homeless_again#When:17:48:37Z As the camp prepares to mark its second anniversary on city-owned land in West Seattle, neighbors tell the city it’s time for Nickelsville to move http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7784 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/mayor_mcginn_nominates_idaho_police_ombudsman_to_oversee_reform_of_seattle#When:17:21:32Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7785 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/king_county_considers_how_to_take_public_defenders_in_house#When:17:28:55Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7788 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/taking_it_to_the_streets#When:17:45:32Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7789 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/advocates_hope_to_save_hen_a_program_that_serves_the_neediest#When:17:46:07Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7786 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/great_escape#When:17:34:00Z Book Review: On the Ropes, By James Vance and Dan E. Burr http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7787 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/show_the_love#When:17:42:15Z GiveBIG doubles your gift and doubles our impact in the community http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7791 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/negotiating_the_salary_of_a_cop_who_doesnt_actually_work_for_you_try_asking#When:17:56:47Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7792 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/looking_for_a_source_of_inspiration_consider_the_termite#When:17:57:48Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7770 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/lost_in_transition#When:18:21:14Z In his latest film, ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’, the individualistic Bill Murray takes on his most challenging role: President Franklin D Roosevelt. The elusive actor is handling the attention the role has brought him with humor http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7763 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/playback_time#When:18:04:29Z Seeking to advance police reforms, SPD revealed an old, ugly stereotype of homeless people that leaves some wondering: How much has really changed? http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7774 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/rising_unemployment_creates_frances_generation_slog#When:18:33:29Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7769 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/parking_spaces_could_become_mini_parks_under_new_sdot_program#When:18:20:10Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7768 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/skys_the_limit#When:18:17:00Z City Council declines to press developers to create affordable housing in South Lake Union, but pledges to study it http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7766 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/new_law_prevents_landlord_bias_against_victims_of_domestic_violence#When:18:14:46Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7767 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/city_state_and_tribal_leaders_band_together_to_oppose_coal_terminal#When:18:15:46Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7771 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/tribal_gathering#When:18:24:34Z Book Review: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, By Ayana Mathis http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7764 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/in_the_debate_over_disability_benefits_its_disabled_people_who_continue_to#When:18:10:40Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7765 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_color_of_money#When:18:12:53Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7772 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/we_dont_need_a_tragedy_or_the_founding_fathers_to_see_the_nras_defense_of_u#When:18:28:56Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7773 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_david_purnell#When:18:31:26Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7749 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/taking_flight_in_the_face_of_despair#When:18:02:44Z Artist Akiva Kenny Segan creates winged imagery that challenges us to comprehend genocide http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7743 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/meet_the_new_boss#When:17:42:15Z As Jim Pugel takes command of the SPD, will police reform stay the course? http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7744 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/seattle_activists_plan_may_day_marches_rallies_to_promote_rights_of_workers#When:17:46:49Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7746 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/king_county_to_address_substance_abuse_as_an_illness#When:17:49:02Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7747 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/kindness_by_the_cup#When:17:51:57Z A century-old tradition from the cafés of Naples, caffe sospeso is re-emerging to give warmth and comfort to marginalized people http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7748 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/fear_of_small_spaces#When:17:58:03Z Homeowners, the loudest critics of microhousing, are also those least likely to have a need for them http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7752 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/in_philadelphia_volunteer_run_foot_clinic_helps_homeless_people_get_back_on#When:18:12:08Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7750 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/on_the_hunt#When:18:05:33Z Book Review: Little Wolves, By Thomas Maltman http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7741 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_upcoming_may_day_march_is_about_seeking_human_rights_for_all_people#When:17:20:58Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7742 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/there_is_almost_always_room_for_one_more#When:17:40:23Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7745 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/hungary_justified_in_ban_on_camping_in_public_places#When:17:47:43Z Janet Baker | Chicago http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7751 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/even_in_the_face_of_death_we_can_still_experience_the_miracle_of_life#When:18:08:39Z Rev. Rich Lang is the pastor of University Temple United Methodist and can be contacted through utemple.org. http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7753 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_al_roberts#When:18:17:02Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7728 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/street_of_dreams#When:19:26:07Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7725 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/for_those_seeking_section_8_housing_slim_chances_just_got_even_slimmer_than#When:19:19:50Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7724 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/defending_the_defenders#When:19:13:08Z The lawyers and social workers who represent the poor may soon become King County employees. Critics of the shift say it could harm those most in need of help http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7726 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/council_to_vote_april_22_on_how_much_affordable_housing_to_require_in_south#When:19:21:05Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7727 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/to_stop_water_shutoffs_city_council_allows_spu_to_forgive_some_bills#When:19:24:49Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7730 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/hot_stuff_a_new_book_could_light_a_fire_under_climate_change_deniers#When:19:36:57Z Book review - Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change - By Andrew Guzman http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7722 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/a_foreclosure_can_lead_to_the_loss_of_a_home_and_the_erosion_of_your_self_e#When:18:53:06Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7723 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_knives_are_out_in_olympia_again#When:19:10:24Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7729 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/who_really_feels_the_pain_when_welfare_programs_are_cut#When:19:31:22Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7731 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_daniel_anderson#When:19:41:05Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7701 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/divine_calling#When:18:39:22Z The documentary ‘Band of Sisters’ explores U.S. Catholic nuns’ passion for social justice http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7704 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/funny_money#When:18:58:08Z In his stand-up comedy routine, economist Yoram Bauman pokes fun at market forces — and those who claim to understand them http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7703 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/walking_after_midnight#When:18:56:19Z Bus riders, fearful of services cuts, make a late-night march in Magnolia http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7712 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/hungarys_leaders_approve_constitutional_amendment_to_ban_people_from_living#When:19:30:50Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7707 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/few_options_little_help_for_japans_graying_homeless#When:19:11:59Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7708 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/hero_worship#When:19:15:22Z Book Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, By Ben Fountain http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7702 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/the_city_council_can_help_low_wage_workers_put_down_stakes_in_south_lake_un#When:18:55:29Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7705 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/affordable_housing_in_seattle_faces_extinction#When:19:02:18Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7709 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/if_youve_yet_to_learn_all_of_lifes_lessons_maybe_self_restraint_is_holding#When:19:20:07Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7706 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/females_leaders_pave_the_way#When:19:10:54Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7710 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/your_neighborhood_church_wears_many_hats#When:19:25:56Z http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/7711 http://realchangenews.org/index.php/site/vendor_profile_reggie_thompson#When:19:28:05Z