While blockchain has found great use in storing and facilitating financial transactions, it is increasingly proving to be valuable in facilitating any data transmission. Voting technologies powered by blockchain technology are increasingly cropping up at a time when people are calling for a secure and easier way of completing this civic duty.

Instead of picking up seats, Democrats have lost them in the US House. Yes, gerrymandering plays a role, but it isn't the whole story. Many democrats made messaging mistakes across the board, underspent on digital, ignored field, and far too often failed to understand the diverse Latino vote and other BIPOC.

To win up and down the ballot, Democrats must fix these 6 issues going into the 2022 mid-terms: here's how they can.

Like many white people, I am behind the curve in true understanding of the subtle and overt forms of prejudice and racism that exist today. As I get older it also means I have a difference in understanding from a generational standpoint that I need to keep in mind. How do I get out of myself enough to understand the perspective a 25-30 year old woman who is a person of color? How about a guy the same age?

What’s good for our forests and planet can also be good for our jobs, communities, and economy. That’s why we’re writing this together—an ex-Democratic political operative and an ex-Republican staff member who want to see mass timber flourish.

Something is wrong. Mass media and social media are increasingly polarized, and the problem of fake news is becoming worse. Our elections were disrupted in 2016 by a foreign adversary using social media misinformation tools and today the facts of a debate are different depending on who you talk to, what media they listen to, and what party they’re in. We need to change our media paradigm.

Or at least, the Republicans are going to call you one.

Some Democrats spend all their time trying to stop this smear, to stop the GOP from defining them by saying no, that’s not us. I want x, not y. Those Democrats usually lose. Instead, they need to focus on their message, not the GOPs, and quit letting them define the terms of the election.

COVID-19’s spread has closed businesses across the country and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, putting our country firmly into a recession in the process. Our economy desperately needs the stimulus that the Biden weatherization program and other programs to build the green economy would provide.

The orange skies above San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere were an ominous sign of the climate crisis's increasing impacts and drive home the urgency of the moment. We need to act quickly to address this massive challenge—and one of the most important ways we can do this is by developing sustainable, zero-emissions public transportation in high-density areas.

It’s time for us to stop prioritizing big business over rural Americans. With that in mind, we’ve outlined five critical adjustments to US agricultural policy that will help working families and our planet by creating jobs, prioritizing families over big business, diversifying our fuel supply, and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Washington State is ignoring one of the best tools in our toolbox to fight climate change: divesting the states more than $125 billion in public employee pension funds from the fossil-fuel industry.

Washington state is diverse – a tech hub, a historical airplane manufacturer, and the heart of much of our country’s agricultural production while remaining one of the most socially liberal states in the country; yet we aren’t leading on addressing climate change. Here’s how we can change that.

Together, we can work across the divides of party and geography to advance a new and exciting industry benefiting urban and rural Washingtonians alike. It is time for us to revisit our roots as a timber state and do our part to reduce global CO2 emissions.

Easy to ride, zero emission, and fun, e-scooters appear to be an ideal form of transportation. Instead of hopping in a large gas guzzling vehicle and clogging roadways, we could be zipping across the city on snazzy zero emission scooters.  

In the end, the Beverage Tax is a symptom of the larger systemic inequity that plagues Washington State through our unequal tax system.