Kristin What explains the gender wage gap? This Vox video shows that women spend more time taking care of kids, and some jobs require workers to be present during certain fixed hours. When kids get sick or otherwise require care, women might not be able to put in their face time at work. But when … Read more
Migee I have a three-year-old son and work full-time, and so what that means is: I don’t read much. What I do end up reading is either work-related (because our stuff is amazing!) or related to child-rearing. As the mother of a young child in this country, I have a heightened awareness about how we … Read more
Kristin Another lens on the Big Sort: rural communities put a lot of resources into helping promising kids get out and fulfill their potential. Those kids get out, gain skills, experience the world. The other kids get left behind in their hometown with dwindling work opportunities and shrinking populations. As this graph from the article … Read more
Serena Women-only co-working spaces? Or women, trans, femme, and gender-nonconforming co-working spaces? Sound like a good idea. And it’s one that’s growing in popularity as these spaces’ founders and members discover the intentional community-building opportunities that such venues offer—opportunities that have grown scarcer among young people who are less inclined to attend church or some … Read more
Eric Last week, one of Cascadia’s finest authors passed away. I’ve read nearly all of Denis Johnson’s published books and it is no exaggeration to say that several of them (especially Tree of Smoke, Train Dreams, Nobody Move, and Already Dead) regularly haunt me even during waking hours. There are echoes in his prose and … Read more
Serena If you missed this fun article in Sightline Daily this week, check it out: it’s an illustrated account of women’s early forays into bicycling in the late 1800s and how that humble mode of transport contributed to liberating and emboldening experiences for many of them. Note, however, it’s largely the story of white, upper- … Read more
Kristin The Roosevelt Institute (love!) just completed a study of basic income experiments—long version here and short summary here. The upshot: extra cash helps improve parenting, mental health, school attendance and test scores, and reduces substance abuse and addiction. What it doesn’t do is cause people to stop working. As an introduction to its advice … Read more
Eric I highly recommend Andrew Nikiforuk’s piece at the Tyee, where he spells out the findings of a deeply researched report on LNG projects in British Columbia. The analysis, by Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, shows that the province has startlingly few commonsense provisions to protect against terrorism, hazard zones, and numerous other risks posed … Read more
Alan This Atlantic piece on the transformation of retailing is intriguing, because among other things, it presents evidence that young people are choosing experiences over things: There is no question that the most significant trend affecting brick-and-mortar stores is the relentless march of Amazon and other online retail companies. But the recent meltdown for retail … Read more
Margaret There is nothing that will make you care about something as much as a little personal investment. I recently came across this amazing list titled 101 small ways you can improve your city. Reading through it, it’s more like 101 ways you can love your city. My goals: set up a little free library … Read more