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Articles by Mark Gardner



1993:

"Questioning the Commons"

A slew of critical, if not disturbing, questions have yet to be given serious consideration by Commons developers.
[September 1993]


"The Mean Season Comes to Washington"

The recent surge of intolerance and conservatism belies our state's warm-and-fuzzy reputation.
[October/November 1993]




1994:

"601 In Hindsight"

Another look at the controversial initiative.
[December/January 1994]


"Beware the Business Climate"

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]


"Fair Wage and Green Movements Take On Free Trade"

Labor and environmentalists unite over NAFTA and GATT.
[June/July 1994]


"For Whom the Road Tolls"

The 'New Partners' program could undermine mass transit, drain the public treasury, and cost commuters a bundle.
[June/July 1994]


"Fighting the Far Right"

The political left is cornered and on the defensive. But effective campaigns and the adoption of new strategies by progressives may turn the tide.
[August/September 1994]


"Whose Idea Was This Carlson Thing, Anyway?"

Local Limbaugh-style wind bag now columnist for the Seattle Times.
[October/November 1994]




1995:

"Let Them Eat School Prayer"

From: 'TKO -- Election '94 Catches Reformists Napping'.
[December/January 1995]


"Axed" co-authored by Mark Worth.

UW administrators want to think their plan to eliminate the school's Environmental Studies Institute is just a monetary decision. Think again...
[December/January 1995]


"Seattle Times: Endorsing Extremism"

Taking issue with this years' Times endorsements.
[December/January 1995]


"Seattle (Slightly Less) Weakly"

The Weekly experiments with real reporting.
[December/January 1995]


"Some Straight Poop on the Light Rail Initiative," co authored by Brian King.

A look at the Regional Transit Plan.
[Feb/Mar 1995]


Secretary of State Denies Ballot Spot to Initiative

Initiative 641 could be the first step to National Referendums, but Philadelphia II, the initiative's organizers are having trouble at the state level.
[April/May 1995]


"The Free Press - Now More Than Ever."

The last bastion of progressive journalism in Seattle.
[April/May 1995]


Silverstein, Barabara interviewed by Mark Gardner

Former OSHA administrator discusses politicians refusal to adopt workplace ergonomic standards.
[Aug/Sept 1995]




1996:

"Getting Off Their Backs"

US labor leadership changes from meanies to Sweenies.
Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.
[December/January 1996]

"Attack of the Overclass"

The real reason the "American dream" has been in retreat for two decades.
[April/May 1996]


"Taming the Auto, Reclaiming the City"

Profile Northwest Environment Watch and their latest report, The Car and the City.
[July/August 1996]


"The Craswell Capers"

Those zany things this election's Republican gubernatorial candidate did when she was but a wee zealot in the State Legislature.
[November/December 1996]


Durning, Alan interviewed by Mark Gardner.

Founder of Northwest Environment Watch.
[November/December 1996]




1997:

Laboring for a Living Wage

Declining wages and the inadequacy of the Federal minimum wage have ignited a movement around the country to raise local wages.
[March/April 1997]


"The Left is Right..."

...and it can regain influence if it learns to communicate again with the "Average Citizen."
[May/June 1997]


"An Open Window for Democracy in Seattle"

Seattle slumps toward the future with little more than inertia and smugness to guide it.
[July/August 1997]




1998:

"Anatomy of a Story"

For years, the Seattle independent press has carried the Nordstrom redevelopment story while local dailies looked the other way.
[January/February 1998]


"Union-Busting for Fun and Profit"

Tired of trying to figure out how to spend your seven-figure salary?
[March/April 1998]


"Organizing Washington's New Economy"

Two local efforts to organize workers beyond traditional unionism.
[May/June 1998]





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