Local Target misses the mark for Pride Month “...we can probably all agree that the lack of Pride merchandise for sale at our Tri-Cities Target stores is an oversight at best, and a prejudiced choice at worst.”
Black Lives Matter in the Tri-Cities. This time it’s different “People are finally challenging themselves to take a hard look at institutional and systemic racism, and are educating themselves and each other.”
July 2020 The July 2020 Tumbleweird is here. Cover art by Jaime Robles featuring Daishaundra Loving-Hearne and Bryan Hearne, based on a photo by Madison Rosenbaum.
Black Lives Matter in urban planning Participating in urban planning is a great way to fight for equity and inclusion.
Juneteenth Forever Free “All communities should be celebrating Juneteenth, not just Black communities. All communities. Because Juneteenth is to Black people what 4th of July is to ALL people in America: acknowledgement of freedom.”
The area’s largest Facebook militia group is shutting down, but the ad hoc militia dream lives on Defend the Tri leader Dylan Tafoya announced he intends to delete his Facebook group “around noon” today, but that doesn’t necessitate the end of militia activity in the Tri-Cities.
If you support Black Lives Matter, there’s no room for encouraging ad hoc militias “These armed groups regress our community’s justice, complicate the work of our law enforcement officers, reduce the feeling of safety of our neighbors who are People of Color, and their net effect does not make our community more just.“
Sundown towns? Yes, sweet dear Richland. And Pasco*, too. There is no natural force that caused a massive split in demographics in the 1950s and the dramatic difference we still see today. You can’t solve problems if you can’t or won’t see them.
Singing the Future On May 5, I joined upwards of 5,000 of my colleagues across the singing community in a webinar called “A Conversation: What Do Science and Data Say About the
The Tri-Cities is a sundown town “There are real historic reasons why people of color, and specifically Black Americans, have not found the Tri-Cities liveable and chose to move on.”
Why am I getting unfriended for saying #AllLivesMatter? “If you’re asking yourself, ‘Why am I getting unfriended for saying #AllLivesMatter whenever my friends say #BlackLivesMatter?’ then this message is for you.”
Letter from Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem raises questions regarding city’s approach to ad hoc militias and police use of force In response to Black Lives Matter protests and a public petition against the emergence of ad hoc militias defending the area from a still-unseen wave of violent instigators rumored by social media posts, Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Lee sent a letter today to Kennewick City Manager.
Before allegedly intimidating protestors with a gun, man posted “I want to get down to business with y’all” in Defend the Tri group Ad hoc militia leader Dylan Tafoya vowed to protesters that his members would not come armed to this weekend's Black Lives Matter protests. Hours later, Defend the Tri member Brandon Bourne was arrested by Richland police for intimidating protestors with a firearm.
June 2020 Download the June 2020 issue here. ABOUT THE COVER: Liam Bray is a 13 year-old artist and award-winning poet. He lives in Richland with his siblings and a winter white
An old public health guy observes the pandemic in the Tri-Cities “I see little understanding of public health, which allows us to do the right thing even when we don't have enough tests, a vaccine, or a cure.”
O, Oracle, how do we make meaning of our existence ‘during these times’? O Oracle, there are so many conflicting explanations for COVID-19, from hoaxes to “Mother Earth healing herself from climate crisis.” How do we make meaning of our existence in a time of Coronavirus?
The next stimulus should invest in entrepreneurs to preserve, pivot, and create new businesses The Tri-Cities is going to be fundamentally reshaped by COVID-19. There's still time to decide how.
Post-apocalyptic (a poem) Brandon Sullivan first performed this poem at the Drewboy Creative "Something Hopeful Please" virtual art show.
The Manhattan Project and all that jazz Kickstarter campaign for a Richland native’s Hanford-inspired jazz album: “A musical experience exploring the mysterious, eerie, and fascinating story of the Manhattan Project and its consequences.”
Ageism and Star Trek My generation is increasingly guilty of ageism, which is why I think the resurrection of Jean-Luc Picard’s story is refreshing, timely, and necessary.
Art doesn’t stop DrewBoy Creative held their first virtual show, “Something Hopeful, Please: DBC Virtual Art Show,” in Response to COVID-19 on April 10.
Our horoscopes adhere strictly to data-driven guidance of epidemiological experts May 2020 horoscopes by Dinah Takitov
