Justice, Peace, Love: Anti-trans bullying is deadly "Young people will say `My government hates me,’ ‘My school hates me,’ `They don’t want me to exist.'"
Justice, Peace, Love: Execution is not justice "If the law were merely to ensure equal punishment for a crime, it would be an eye for an eye, leading to a society in which everyone is blind."
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radical "The more I read, the more I realize that Dr. King understood the evils of the world and what needed to be done to overcome them."
At what cost? “Ah, but there is a choice in how to respond. There is always a choice when it comes to violence.”
Tri Town Get Down "The Uptown Get Down music festival was such a huge success that organizers are expanding it next year into what they hope will become the largest music festival in Eastern Washington."
The dangerous politics of woke “The idea of staying awake in the face of oppression has been around for at least a hundred years.”
The Emerald of Siam Turns 40 “The Emerald of Siam, now under the ownership of Ravadi’s son Bill and daughter Dara, is celebrating forty years with a weekend of music, dance, poetry, and amazing food.”
Tri-Cities Native Releases Third Jazz Album – It Comes in Waves “It Comes in Waves features eight new compositions by Slage-Koch along with his arrangement of the Tears for Fears classic 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.'“
Democracy needs free press to survive “The freedom to report on the government and its leaders without censorship is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy.”
easyday joins the local music scene “As the music industry has changed dramatically over the last few decades, Tri-Cities bands continue to form, evolve, regroup, and make a name for themselves.”
Ravadi Quinn and The Voice of Silence “Ravadi writes about how we can discover Divine Grace through the stillness of silence.”
The Skyler Mendell Sextet "Skyler Mendell is a fantastic jazz trumpet player originally from Richland. The Skyler Mendell Sextet recorded an album which was just released in May."
White supremacy in the ranks “Why did it take an FBI investigation to uncover this? How many other police departments have a similar culture?”
Urban Poets Society presents: RISE “We believe that when the community is given opportunities to contribute to their environment in a creative way, they discover how valuable and indispensable their talents are to the world around them.”
Justice, peace, love: Deadly fear “‘Stand your ground’ laws encourage the use of firearms as a first response rather than a last resort.”
Sunday Drag Brunch (and manufactured controversy) “We need people in office who support Richland's vision statement: 'Richland is a progressive, safe, and family-friendly community that welcomes diversity.'”
“Proof” opens at Princess in Prosser, April 28 “PROOF explores relationships among genius, sanity, heredity, gender, academia, and family.”
Here, Bullet: Poetry & Music from the Iraq War “It is an evening of spoken word, music, and small group conversation that moves through the life experiences of a soldier in country, then of the veteran coming home, and then of love and loss.”
Gay students aren’t controversial “Protecting our LGBTQ+ neighbors and children is not a controversial issue. It is imperative.”
Halley Greg: Singer, songwriter, changemaker “The land of the tumbleweeds (and tumbleweirdos) will always be my home.”
Money talks “Imagine...all decisions for the common good are made through simple democracy — one person, one vote.”
