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We are in campaign season leading up to the November elections. It is disheartening so many eligible voters don’t vote, letting other voices determine their future. What kind of country do we want? If you don’t vote, you are stuck with how others think – and obviously you don’t agree with a lot of ideas appearing on TV, online, or in the newspapers. Winning candidates can decide everything from gas prices to medical care, to housing affordability, to location of data centers, to treatment of immigrants and refugees, to how...
Immigrants and refugees are a valuable asset to Eastern Washington. Americans who welcome and interact with immigrants and refugees gain so much in broadening their world views by learning about their cultures, experiences and history. Immigrants and refugees also benefit so much from being in the U.S. Recently the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration could end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians. Many of these people have settled in Spokane and are actively participating in our community....