by Jillian Rockford Russia’s Internet Research Agency, also known as IRA, is currently using computational propaganda in order to misguide and control United States voters. Computational propaganda is the use of social networking algorithms along with human curation. The IRA strategically planned out a psychological war against the citizens of […]
Downtown Protests Demand Justice for Victims of Police Brutality
Faces have been blacked out in order to protect the identities of protesters. by Jacob Anderson-Kester CW: Police Violence Protesters in Olympia have been organizing and responding to the broader national concern towards police brutality and discrimination against Black people and people of color. The protests come in light of […]
A Matter of Life and Death: Facing Pandemic, Workers Fight for Health and Safety
“Strike-MayDay2020-Seattle” by Flickr user Backbone Campaign is licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Alice McIntyre The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into an unprecedented social and economic crisis. The Washington Post reports that bosses have responded to the economic downturn with massive layoffs and furloughs, resulting in a soar […]
Disproportionate Statistics Among Communities of Color Show the Effects of Systemic Racism Amid COVID-19
Photo: National Guard Members at COVID-19 testing clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. DAN FARREL. U.S. Air Force. by Brittanyana Pierro and Natalie Arneson With nearly 1.3 million recorded cases, the United States now makes up over one-third of all global COVID-19 cases. Among the cases that have been tracked nationally, […]
Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Commencement Goes Virtual
Photo: Former co-coordinators of the CPJ at Evergreen’s 2019 graduation. BRITT PIERRO by Miette Deschenes On April 15, Evergreen President George Bridges announced that this year’s commencement ceremony will be held online. This decision is not a particularly surprising one, considering Evergreen has switched to online remote learning for the […]
George Bridges Announces Upcoming Retirement
Photo: George Bridges, courtesy of the Evergreen Archives by Brittanyana Pierro On Feb. 25, President George Bridges formally announced that he will be retiring from his position at Evergreen. His term will officially end after the 2020-21 school year, when his current contract expires. Bridges stated in a letter written by himself and the Board of Trustees that his […]
The HCC: A Ticking Time Bomb
Photo courtesy of the author by Brittanyana Pierro On Jan. 28, the on-campus Housing Community Center (HCC) was issued an immediate closure by the Thurston County Fire Department. Matt Lebens, the environmental health and safety coordinator, sent out a mass email to all on-campus residents that same evening stating: “ … the fire department has issued […]
Evergreen RAs Present List of Demands
Photo courtesy of the author / resized from original By Brittanyana Pierro Several students working as Residential Advisors (RAs) for on-campus housing have recently quit their jobs due to lack of adequate pay, a concern for food security and issues of transparent communication with Residential and Dining Services (RAD) professional staff. On Oct. 22, just three weeks after the […]
No Fare is Fair: Bobby Carleton on Fare Strikes, Police Brutality, and Direct Action
Photo: Olympia’s Transit Center by Shayna Clayton By Alice McIntyre Bobby Carleton is an Evergreen student and Olympia resident that has been involved with various community organizing projects around housing justice, food justice, and reproductive rights and is currently focused on advocating for fare-free public transit. Given Intercity Transit’s recent decision to eliminate fares starting on Jan. […]
Care and Contracts: Providence Nurses Battle the Bosses
Photo by Shayna Clayton By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 30, nurses at St. Peter Hospital represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 21 voted to authorize a strike, after five months of contract negotiations and a June 27 protest. The nurses also voted down a previous contract proposal in 544-1 […]