By Brooke Lynch It should come as no surprise to any college student to hear that textbooks are expensive. The often mandatory cost of the books students use has been increasing at a staggering three times the inflation rate since around the 1970s. This rate would be alarming on it’s […]
Life and Survival at the Northwest ICE Processing Center
By Caroline Keane En español During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 3 waves of hunger strikes at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC)—formerly known as Northwest Detention Center (NWDC)—with as many as 300 people participating in one and lasting at least 100 days. Hunger strikes by prisoners (migrant and […]
The Garbage of Earthly Delights
By Jack Stroud As for looking like you’re ‘bouta squeeze butterflies out of your solar plexus; lolloping cave-man like around a box TV framed in brightly painted polygons of cardboard; playing tug of war with your intestines when you’re an amorphous blob; twirling gracefully on an aerial swing amidst the […]
On Oly Housing Now at the Red Lion Hotel
By Miguel Louis Correction: Within the print edition, we had claimed that the author was involved with the actions in the article. To clarify, this involvement was the retelling of events, giving special consideration to the perspectives of the actors involved. On Jan. 30, a small group of activists visited […]
Cops Off Campus!
Photo: The Internationalist by Alice McIntyre The Cooper Point Journal has, over the course of several years, documented struggles against police violence in our community on and off campus. It has documented police surveillance of students and made the public aware of the increasing militarization of Police Services at Evergreen, […]
Dear Evergreen: Your Native Students Are the Solution, Not the Problem
Illustration Courtesy of Toby Syrett
Being Asian American in the Time of COVID-19
by Lee Arneson “Remember, when you go out, be careful. People are starting to harass Asians in the streets, in the grocery store, wherever, because of the virus.” “I know Dad, I will.” This is an exchange my father and I had in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is […]
Don’t Just Vote, Don’t Just Not Vote: A Guide to the 2020 Election
by Daniel Mootz The primary stage of the next presidential election is underway, and it’s worthwhile to clarify some key concepts involved in candidate selection. Washingtonians vote Mar. 10, in an open primary, which means you don’t have to be a registered Democrat, you can be Independent or have just registered […]
New Journalism: Studio B, Unscripted
Photo: Talk Show Studio. VAZHA DESPOTASHVILI. Labeled for reuse on pexels.com By Daniel Mootz Al Jazeera’s English News network has a new talk-show program without a host. Studio B, Unscripted, consists of “just two notable individuals from different walks of life and ideas to share,” according to aljazeera.com. The first episode aired Nov. 15, 2019, and featured public intellectuals Marc […]
Olympia Needs a Tool Library
Photo: “Over 2000+ tools available at our Tool Library” by Institute for a Resource-Based Economy (IRBE) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Daniel Mootz The rise of intentional exchange economies highlights a growing interest in eradicating poverty and strengthening community, at the local level and in a global sense. For example, Community Supported Agriculture farms work to provide fresh produce to patrons on a regular basis, and non-profit organizations make knowledge […]