"'The Big One' Makes 'Titanic' Look Small" by Paul Goetz
Moore's film should have been the movie of the year, not that other guy's.
[July/August 1998]

"Business Behind Bars" by Paul Wright.
The real drive behind prison labor for the private sector is not rehabilitation, but government subsidies which cost Washington State millions per year and eliminate fair-paying jobs for free workers.
[September/October 1997]

"Some Private Employers at Prisons in WA State" by Free Press staff.
A list of some of the companies utilizing prison labor locally.
[September/October 1997]

"Idaho Activists Feel the Squeeze" by Natalie Shapiro.
Environmental groups experience secret surveillance and strategic lawsuits.
[July/August 1997]

"Freedom of Information? See You In Court!" by Doug Collins.
Big organizations attract lawsuits over difficult public-records access.
[July/August 1997]

"Raising Your Rates to Subsidize Big Biz" by Nick Dreyer and Megan Cornish.
This important story on Seattle City Light rate hikes was actually turned down for publication in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
[May/June 1997]

Oilagarchy by Fred Felleman, MSc.
Tanker Companies Resist Efforts to Safeguard Washington Waters from Oil Spills.
[March/April 1997]

Norplant by Rebecca Kavoussi.
Is a womb of one's own a thing of the past in Washington?
[March/April 1997]

"Seattle's Downtown Boom" by John V. Fox.
The price of corporate welfare in Seattle.
[January/February 1997]

"Less Care, More Profits" by Stuart Bramhall, M.D.
So how do you like 'Managed Care' so far?
[January/February 1997]

" 'You've Come the Wrong Way, Baby' " by Fiona Morgan.
Taking advertising seriously.
[January/February 1997]

"How to Think Globally" by Davis Oldham.
The true cost of economic growth.
[November/December 1996]

"A Clearcut Canadian SLAPP" by Eric Nelson.
Developers and corporations use lawsuits to keep citizens at bay.
[November/December 1996]

"Creative Prospecting on the Intellectual Property Frontier" by Doug Nufer.
Artists, writers and inventors in the age of mass market.
[September/October 1996]

"Disney Gives Bennies to Same-sex Partners" by Cory Herndon.
And God is Upset.
[September/October 1996]

"Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead." by Mark Worth.
R.J. Reynolds dangles the big bucks to attract Seattle's Twenty-something hipsters.
[July/August 1996]

"Clearcuts and Corporate Welfare" by David Atcheson.
Sweetheart land deals and bailouts hide the true cost of corporate logging.
[July/August 1996]

"Public Loses Out as Radio 'Gold Rush' Reaches Frenzy" by Norman Solomon.
Deregulation + consolidation = bad news for America's radiowaves.
[April/May 1996]

"Brave New Economy" by Free Press staff.
Globalization! Downsizing! Stagnating wages! God help us!!
[April/May 1996]

"Living With Crass Commercialism" by Andy Bauck.
Review of Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide for a Consumer Society by Jackson and Mazur.
[February/March 1996]

"The Field of Schemes" by Doug Collins.
Public responsibility flies out of the ballpark as sports moguls load the bases - with cash.
[December/January 1996]

"Go North, Young Worker!" by Doug Collins and Gloria Hubacker.
Organized nurses, construction unions and an activist left battle the bosses in B.C.
[October/November 1995]

"Slaves of the State" by Paul Wright.
Prison laborers do time in factories with fences.
[October/November 1995]

"Shopping Daze at the Stupormall" by Mike Blain.
A trip to the 'mall to end all malls'.
[October/November 1995]

"Crude Behavior," by Eric Nelson.
Alyeska quashes findings of Alaskan pipeline inspectors.
[Aug/Sept 1995]

"Seattle Times/P.I. Bury Bad News About Big Advertisers," by Mike Blain.
$450,000 settlement agains Smith's Home Furnighings ignored by dailies.
[Aug/Sept 1995]

"A Little In, A Lot Out," by Doug Collins.
How campaign donors often receive lucrative city contracts.
[Feb/Mar 1995]

"Citizens Fight Timber Company's Giant Resort" by Holly Borba.
Roslyn, WA involved in timber dispute.
[October/November 1994]

"State Dairy Farmers Contend U.S. Bank Milked Them Dry" by Eric Nelson.
One farmer seeks legislative protection from banks.
[August/September 1994]

"Fair Wage and Green Movements Take On Free Trade" by Mark Gardner.
Labor and environmentalists unite over NAFTA and GATT.
[June/July 1994]

"GATT: Rich Men Attempt to Officially Take Control of Everything" by Matt Robesch.
Beware corporations that treat themeselves as sovereign nations.
[June/July 1994]

"Big Timber's Big Problems" by Mike Blain.
The cost of poor timber practices.
[April/May 1994]

"Violating Nature" by Mike Blain.
A sample of timber-practice violations committed by major logging companies.
[April/May 1994]

"The Giving (and giving and giving) Tree" by Andrea Helm.
Timber industry propaganda in your childrens' schools.
[April/May 1994]

"Sick Workers Get Attention of Lawmakers - At Last" by Mark Worth.
Chemically sickened workers get a boost up from State Legislature.
[April/May 1994]

"Seattle Center Ices Whistleblowing 'Zamboni John'" by Tracy DeCroce.
How to neutralize dissenters.
[February/March 1994]

"Beware the Business Climate" by Mark Gardner.
Behind this innocuous-sounding term is an effort to roll back environmental regulation and shift laws away from protecting people and toward protecting business.
[February/March 1994]

"Reach Out and Scam Someone" by Eric Nelson.
How long distance companies steal business from each other.
[February/March 1994]

"Gettin' Screwged" by Mike Blain and Doug Collins.
Our picks for Scrooge of the Year, 1993.
[February/March 1994]

"Making Paper Without Trees" by Free Press staff.
Consumers protest GTE's 'old growth into phone books' practice.
[October/November 1993]

"Union-Busting Boss Loses His Perks" by Free Press staff.
Minor changes at Daniel Smith art supply company.
[October/November 1993]

"Pepsi: 1, Activism: 0" by editors of Z Magazine.
Guest column from Z's Sept. 1993 edition.
[October/November 1993]

"How U.S. Tobacco Snuffs Out Taxes, Health Reforms" by Free Press staff.
The astonishing power of America's deadliest enterprise.
[July/August 1993]

"SNAP - CRACKLE - RIP-OFF," by Mike Blain.
Cereal prices these days - they're... g-rrrRRR-OOOoo-sss!!.
[July/August 1993]

"Boycotters Turn Up Heat on Chateau Ste. Michelle as Struggle Continues," by Andrea Helm.
Grassroots efforts boosts support in local labor struggle .
[July/August 1993]

"PCC Members to Board: Don't Sell Anything We Wouldn't Buy," by Andrea Helm.
Despite consumer victory, referendum on boycotted products is a non-binding waste of time.
[July/August 1993]

"Reagan-Bush Policies Top 'Censored' List," by Free Press staff.
Project Censored releases its new Top 10 list.
[June 1993]

"Infamous 'Inslaw' Case Has WA State Connection'," by Free Press Staff.
Wife of key player under investigation for running drug lab.
[June 1993]

"PCC Members to Vote on Boycott Policy," by Andrea Helm.
Co-op's policy on Chateau Ste. Michelle Rankles Customers.
[May 1993]

"Fired Seafirst Worker Tells of Bank's Uncharitable Dress Code," by Diana Schiefelbein.
One worker follows the rules and gets fired.
[May 1993]

"Plug Gets Pulled on Utility Image-Makers," by Free Press staff.
Puget Sound Power & Light told to put some bite into its conservation ad campaign.
[May 1993]

"Lawyer Chases Amulances, Wins Dufus Award Instead," by Free Press staff.
Public morons and dirtbags get their just award.
[April 1993]

"Seafirst Bank to Workers: No Skirt, No Stockings - No Job," by Mark Worth.
A dress code that may be unconstitutional.
[April 1993]

"Heads In a Box," by Ben Tansey.
The deadly results of Foodmaker Inc.'s Corporate Attitude.
[April 1993]

"Boeing Jobs Take Flight for Profit" by Donald Barlett and James Steele.
Excerpted with permission from America: Who Stole the Dream?
[November/December 1996]

"Workers Exposed to Toxics Get Green Light to Sue Boeing" by Eric Nelson.
Boeing employees exposed to toxics will get their day in court.
[December/January 1996]

"Boeing Goes Global" by Mark Worth and Eric Nelson.
Critics say Boeing "is punching holes in America's future" by shipping thousands of jobs abroad.
[December/January 1996]

"The Graying of America," by John Ambrosavage.
The caste system at Boeing.
[April/May 1995]

"Blowing the Whistle on Boeing," by Mark Worth.
Boeing bilks the government. Again.
[April/May 1995]

Boeing Gets $42 Million to Label Bat Plane Parts News analysis by Eric Nelson.
Boeing is being paid to keep B-2 Bomber production lines "warm".
[April/May 1995]

"The Boeing Story" by Eric Nelson.
(No, not a retraction. A vindication.)
[June/July 1994]

"Boeing to Ill Workers: 'It's All In Your Head'" by Eric Nelson and Mark Worth.
A Free Press investigation into Boeing workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.
[February/March 1994]

"Suicide Solution: One woman's way out " by Mark Worth.
A Free Press investigation into Boeing workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.
[February/March 1994]

"Disunity Among the Machinists" by Mark Worth.
A Free Press investigation into Boeing workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.
[February/March 1994]

"The MCS Debate: A Medical Streetfight" by Eric Nelson.
A Free Press investigation into Boeing workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.
[February/March 1994]

"Disorder in the Court: Sick Boeing Workers Face Judicial Hurdles" by Eric Nelson.
A Free Press investigation into Boeing workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.
[February/March 1994]

Boeing Story Resources
[February/March 1994]

"Boeing Pays Environmental Fine But Dodges Bullet," by Mark Worth.
$100,000 Boeing environmental fine is a mere slap on the wrist.
[July/August 1993]

"Boeing's F-22 Boondoggle," by Mike Blain.
Building 648 $100 million fighters 'defies logic' - report.
[June 1993]

"Boeing Flip-Flop on Incinerator Legislation Burns Supporters," by Mark Worth.
Boeing kills another environmental reform.
[May 1993]

"Dr. Schrontz to Puget Sound: 'You Are Getting Very Sleepy...'," by Mark Worth.
Smile as you get laid off at Boeing.
[May 1993]

"The Other Boeing," by Mark Worth.
An in depth look at Boeing's environmental record.
[April 1993]

"Boeing: 'Committed to the protection of the environment...'?," by Mark Worth.
Boeing's environmental report card in timeline form.
[April 1993]

"Political Muscle: 'No one fucks with Boeing...'," by Mark Worth.
Take a peak at some of the things Boeing lobbyists have done.
[April 1993]

"Boeing, the Media's Sacred Cow: 'The giant moo of them all...'," by Mark Worth.
For some reason Seattle media consistently forgets to scrutinize Boeing.
[April 1993]

"Boeing to Regulators: 'Who? ...US?," by Mark Worth.
Excerpts on Boeing from the records of government regulators.
[April 1993]

"House of Bill" by Eric Nelson.
At the Gates' mansion... the lights go on, but is anybody home?
[February/March 1996]

"NYT Bytes Bill" by Eric Nelson.
New York Times' Microsoft coverage that isn't soft.
[December/January 1996]

"C:\HYPE95.DOC" by Andy Bauck.
Uh... Windows ninety-what?!
[October/November 1995]

"Temp Nation," by Andy Bauck.
A look at the new era of worker expendability.
[Feb/Mar 1995]

"Good Boy Bill" by John Ambrosavage.
America's richest man he