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A simple, elegant way to reduce crime and save money
More than half of inmates in state prisons and local jails are mentally ill. They get medicine for those illnesses while behind bars. So what happens when they get out?...
Is German higher-ed really tuition free?
Yes it is! And not just for Germans. All German universities are now free to Americans and all other international students. Just this week the last German state to charge...
Are you ready for the Big One?
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. –Miguel de Cervantes The Big One could come from any direction. Big earthquake. Big storm. Big fire, big flood or, as...
Do we agree on anything political?
According to most news reports, the political divide in our country has never been deeper. Viewers of PBS’s recent series on the Roosevelts already know that isn’t true, but just try...
Seattle prospers – but rich-poor gap also grows
We blogged last week about how income inequality is growing in Washington. Now we have new information about the increasing gap between high earners and lower earners in Seattle. The...
Enrollment up across-the-board in college-level courses
Talk about “bursting at the seams.” So far this fall, record numbers of high-school students all over Washington are enrolling in college-level courses. The College Board also reports that students...
Are we ready for tax reform?
Great news! For the first time since 2000, across the U.S., poverty is down. Bad news. Last year, Washington was one of only two states where both poverty and income...
Ebola epidemic in the US? Unlikely.
There is no denying that Ebola is a deadly disease. The most recent outbreak in West Africa has been by far the largest, infecting 7470 people and killing 3431. The...
NDEAM: ‘Expect. Employ. Empower’
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM. According to folks in the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, our first full month of...
How much do most of us know about our government?
We Americans are proud of our democracy, but how many of us understand how it actually works? Sadly, the answer appears to be… not many. “Americans show great uncertainty when...