Blaine Stum

Since the first clinic arson incident in 1976 in Eugene, Ore., Planned Parenthood has been under attack.

At the time, I consumed only 1,300-1,400 calories a day while I worked a full time, labor intensive job and had a full class schedule. I didn't see a problem with my habits, but now I realize why I restricted my caloric intake so heavily: I was becoming more and more acquainted with gay male culture, and it's toxic ideal of beauty.

A recent Brookings Institute report found what many of us who have lived in, or frequently visited, already knew: major metropolitan areas are more unequal in terms of distribution of income than the nation as a whole.

We were hearing a sermon at the Church of White Privilege; and the followers in the Chase Gallery were ready to worship.

Writing for the Washington Policy Center, Chris Cargill estimates that the supposed cost of an earned sick and safe leave ordinance that he has apparently seen before anyone else (including City Council and staff......) would be $24.3 million every year for businesses in the City of Spokane.

All told, research indicates that increasing the minimum wage has no impact on employment or hours, does not lead to labor substitution (replacing "low skilled" workers with "high skilled" workers) and has a small impact on business operating costs and consumer prices while decreasing turnover, increasing productivity and lifting low wage workers out of poverty.

For someone without a car, or in my case someone who has difficulty driving more than short distances, having alternative means of transportation is not a nicety, its a necessity.