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Northwest Progressive Institute
Three months after Donald Trump resumed attacking Iran, 75% of Washington voters say his policies are increasing their prices
As gasoline and diesel costs surge following the widening war with Iran, NPI's spring 2026 Civic Heartbeat survey finds concern about Trump-driven price increases spreading…
"Fifteen years ago, the world’s billionaires collectively had $4.5 trillion. By 2024, their wealth had more than tripled to $14.2 trillion. Now their combined wealth totals $20.1 trillion — an amount that is equivalent to nearly a fifth of the entire world’s total yearly output." (via @nytimes.com)
Exactly. And Elon also recently changed Twitter's API again to kill off the free tier, so it's no longer possible to use software to publish articles to Twitter without paying - something we refuse to do. When the game is rigged, it's best not to play. Here at Bluesky, we've got 2x the followers!
Build it and they will come.
Even rail skeptics can hopefully now see why high capacity transit is a sensible investment.
Today we launched searchtheleft.org, and we hope you'll try it. It's a search engine for the progressive web, indexing only websites that humans have vetted, and it's now in public beta!
Recording NPI@NN with @raskin.house.gov! Episode coming to The Cascadia Advocate soon.
#NN26
Be sure to read our #NN26 keynote recap if you haven't yet!
64% of Washington voters disapprove of Donald Trump’s job performance, a new record in NPI’s Civic Heartbeat polling
Even more striking, the percentage of voters in the Evergreen State who approve of Trump's job performance fell to 30% in NPI's spring survey of the Washington electorate, which is…
“We are here to activate progressive power”: Netroots Nation 2026 opening keynote uplifts fierce, effective activism
Markos Moulitsas, Anthony Robinson, Malcolm Kenyatta, Maurice Mitchell, Chris Rabb, and Minnesota organizers urged Netroots Nation attendees to secure democracy from fascists'…
65% of Washington voters support an “away for the day” ban on mobile phones in all K-12 public schools, with just 27% opposed
NPI's research finds that most voters are on board with Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Governor Bob Ferguson's plans to propose legislation to require all K-12 public…
Northwest Progressive Institute
Northwest Progressive Institute
NPI's research finds that most voters are on board with Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Governor Bob Ferguson's plans to propose legislation to require all K-12 public schools to generally prohibit mobile device use during the school day, which experience suggests can reduce distractions and enhance student engagement even if it doesn't spur a big improvement in academic outcomes.
The artificial intelligence boom has funneled trillions of dollars of capital investment into a handful of tech companies.
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As gasoline and diesel costs surge following the widening war with Iran, NPI's spring 2026 Civic Heartbeat survey finds concern about Trump-driven price increases spreading across every region of Washington — and dividing the voters who backed his return to power.
Even more striking, the percentage of voters in the Evergreen State who approve of Trump's job performance fell to 30% in NPI's spring survey of the Washington electorate, which is 4% less than the previous low. Nationally, Trump's job performance rating is also declining, with Trump's war of choice in Iran and increasing prices alienating even his own voters.
www.nwprogressive.org
Markos Moulitsas, Anthony Robinson, Malcolm Kenyatta, Maurice Mitchell, Chris Rabb, and Minnesota organizers urged Netroots Nation attendees to secure democracy from fascists' clutches by building durable organizing infrastructure, turning resistance into governing power, and meeting fear with collective action.
Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines carried 4.8 million riders in April—a 44% increase above March, after Link Line 2 was extended to connect Seattle & Bellevue across Lake Washington.
Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines are now the most-ridden in the nation, above LA, Boston, or San Diego.
“Clutch time” in the struggle to keep the republic: Frederick Haynes headlines stirring NN26 Friday evening keynote
Friday evening’s keynote at Netroots Nation 2026 brought together Philadelphia City Councilmember Rue Landau, Reverend Frederick Haynes, and three members of Congress (Summer Lee,…
What's this tell us? Bluesky is a far healthier and more effective platform for engaging and organizing your supporters online than X and Threads. By a lot.
No algorithm suppressing left politics. No billionaire influence. Good content reaching the right people.
