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Today  Crystal talks with returning guest Marcy Bowers from the Statewide  Poverty Action Network. Mary gives an update on the continued struggle  for low income families as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and how the  Washington State legislature is seeking to address this. A huge takeaway  from this episode: Get involved

This week on the  show Crystal is joined by co-host Erica Barnett, editor of Publicola.  They get in to Mayor Durkan’s floundering attempts to address  homelessness, developments of the convention center bailout, and grocery  store workers being granted a $4.00 and hour hazard pay increase. A full text

Today Crystal is  joined by a new co-host for our weekly show, the inimitable Marcus  Green! Crystal and Marcus get in to the inauguration, how we need to  continue to be involved in policy after the election, the Seattle Police  Department’s response to officers who attended the Capitol Hill

Today Crystal and  Ashley Archibald, local reporter and friend of the show, get in to what  is going on with Covid-19 vaccine distribution, the local ramifications  of the white supremacist insurrection in Washington, D.C., and the  Seattle Police Officer’s Guild president cosigning their actions. A full text transcript

In this episode,  Crystal brings on her colleague Shannon Cheng, ACLU People Power  activist and all around wonderful person, to talk about what’s next for  policing in 2021, what action on policing we can we can expect from the  upcoming legislative session, and follow Shannon’s path into activism.

In this  re-broadcast, Crystal talks with Washington State Supreme Court Justice  G. Helen Whitener about her path to the state supreme court, what the  job of a supreme court justice actually looks like, and why  representation matters in our court system. A full text transcript of the show is available

Today Crystal is  joined by political consultant and friend of the show, Heather Weiner,  to discuss the news of the week, including: * Jay Inslee’s new capital gains tax proposal and its prospects this legislative session. * Deb Haaland, the first indigenous person to be appointed to run the Department of